Species profile—Rhincodon typus (whale shark)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Rhincodontidae → Rhincodon typus (whale shark)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
- Family
- Rhincodontidae
- Scientific name
- Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828)
- Common name
- whale shark
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22530
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22530
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.