General information |
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| Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828) | ||
| Common name | Whale shark | |
| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) | Vulnerable (VU) |
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| Habitat | Saltwater |
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| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Galeomorphii; Galeoidea; Orectolobiformes; Rhincodontidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | India; China; Japan; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Taiwan; South Korea; North Korea; Maldives; Vietnam; Saudi Arabia; Israel; Iraq; Iran; Egypt; Myanmar; Bahrain; Jordan; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; UAE; Yemen; Hong Kong; Cambodia; Macau; Brunei; Australia; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; South Africa; Tanzania; Madagascar; Angola; Somalia; Kenya; Morocco; Nigeria; Namibia; Cameroon; Mozambique; Ghana; Mauritania; Sudan; Ivory Coast; Eritrea; Liberia; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; USA; Mexico; American Soma; Brazil; Argentina; Colombia; Peru; Venezuela; Chile; Ecuador; Uruguay; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Hawaii; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Micronesia; New Caledonia; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao Island; El Salvador; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands (USA); Benin; Cape Verde; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo; Djibouti; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Mauritius; Reunion; Saint Helena; Sao Tome and Principe; Seychelles; Togo |
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| Occurrence | Native: India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, Maldives, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Myanmar, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Macau, Brunei, Australia, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar, Angola, Somalia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Namibia, Cameroon, Mozambique, Ghana, Mauritania, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Liberia, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, USA, Mexico, American Soma, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Hawaii, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao Island, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (USA), Benin, Cape Verde, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Mauritius, Reunion, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Togo Stray: New Zealand |
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| Importance | ||
| Remarks | - |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan and Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Japan. | |
| Source of chromosomes | Cell culture. |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 2 (juvenile) |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 102 |
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| Karyotype formula | 16m/sm+4st+82a |
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| Fundamental arm number | - |
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| Chromosome length | - |
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| Sex chromosome | - |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | - |
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| Reference(s) |
Uno Y, Nozu R, Kiyatake I et al. (2020). Cell culture-based karyotyping of orectolobiform sharks for chromosome-scale genome analysis. Communications Biololy, 3: 652. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01373-7. |
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