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The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark. It is one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, basking sharks reach 7.9 m (26 ft) in length.
In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over, are totally harmless. One of only three filter-feeding shark species, basking sharks eat tiny organisms called zooplankton.
They are one of the three living filter feeding shark species that consume plankton, alongside the whale shark and the megamouth shark. The name “basking shark” was inspired by the shark’s tendency to swim near the surface in search of food. They have also been called sail-fish and sun-fish.
Basking sharks feed preferentially in zooplankton patches dominated by small planktonic crustaceans called calanoid copepods (on average 1,700 individuals per cubic metre of water). They will also feed on copepods of the genera Pseudocalanus and Oithona. [41]
The basking shark is one of the Earth’s giants. Scientifically known as Cetorhinus maximus, the basking shark is the second-largest living shark, behind the whale shark. It is one of three passive sharks that eat plankton by filter feeding. The other two plankton feeders are whale sharks and megamouth sharks.
20 Σεπ 2024 · It feeds by opening its mouth wide to sift copepods and other zooplankton from the ocean, passing an average of 6,000 litres (nearly 2,000 gallons) of water through its gills per hour. Basking sharks migrate across whole ocean basins in search of plankton sources, whose populations swell during the summer in each hemisphere.
Diet: Plankton, small fish. Conservation Status: Endangered. Habitat: All the world's temperate oceans. Published by Hamna Faizan. Marine Life Researcher and Lecturer, with an MSc in Zoology. Basking sharks are the second largest fish species in the world, they can reach lengths of up to 40 feet.
