Cetorhinidae Gill, 1862
- Dataset
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- Rank
- FAMILY
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Chondrichthyes
- order
- Lamniformes
- family
- Cetorhinidae
Name
- Homonyms
- Cetorhinidae Gill, 1862
- Common names
- basking shark in English
- basking sharks in English
- pèlerins in French
- tiburones peregrino in Spanish
Bibliographic References
- Branstetter, Steven / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Basking Shark: Family Cetorhinidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 32-34.
- Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
- Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
- Compagno, Leonard J. V., 2001: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date, vol. 2: Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, no. 1, vol. 2. viii + 269.
- Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
- Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.