Rhincodon typus

ΑγγλικάA huge, blunt-headed shark with a terminal mouth and a prominent checkerboard pattern of light spots, horizontal and vertical stripes on a dark background (Ref. 247, 5578). Caudal fin crescentic, with a strong lower lobe but no subterminal notch (Ref. 13575). It has small, scale-like teeth and feeds by filtering plankton with special sieve-like modifications of the gill bars (Ref. 26938).

• Rhineodon typus Smith, 1828
• Rhiniodon typus (Smith, 1828)
• Rhinodon pentalineatus Kishinouye, 1901
• Rhicodon typus Smith, 1828
• Rhinodon typicus Smith, 1845
• Rhinodon typicus Müller & Henle, 1839
• Micristodus punctatus Gill, 1865