Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
- Dataset
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Chondrichthyes
- order
- Lamniformes
- family
- Cetorhinidae
- genus
- Cetorhinus
- species
- Cetorhinus maximus
Name
- Synonyms
- Squalus maximus Gunnerus, 1765
- Homonyms
- Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
- Common names
- basking shark in English
- pez elefante in Spanish
- pèlerin in French
- tiburón 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.
- Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and Lynne R. Parenti, 2001: null. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 253.
- 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., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
- Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
- Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.