🦈Basking shark
Гигантската акула (Cetorhinus maximus) е втората по големина жива риба след китовата акула и е единствен представител, както на своя род Гигантски акули (Cetorhinus), така и на семейство Гигантски акули (Cetorhinidae). Най-големият измерен екземпляр е хванат в мрежа за херинга през 1851 година, в залива Фънди, Канада. Общата му дължина е била 12,27 m и е тежал около 19 тона . Някои видове все още надхвърлят 9-10 m, но след години на мащабен риболов, екземпляри от този размер са станали рядкост.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 2,200 kg
- Body length
- 7 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 32 years
Everything we know about the Basking shark
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2,200 kgrecord 4,000 kg · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Body length7 mrecord 15 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
By sex
- Female9.8 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan32 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic level3.2FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.2 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humanstraumatogenicFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l2,200 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Basking shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderLamniformes
- ›familyCetorhinidae
- ›genusCetorhinus
- ›speciesCetorhinus maximus
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- orderLamniformes
- subfamilyCetorhininae
- genusCetorhinus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- subclassElasmobranchii
- orderLamniformes
- subfamilyCetorhininae
- genusCetorhinus
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