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Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 262, February 194, March 304, April 478, May 689, June 751, July 804, August 691, September 507, October 379, November 207, December 162.
United States7,496
Alaska5,427
Maine1,358
Canada554
Massachusetts434
Quebec170
Newfoundland and Labrador138
New Brunswick125
Nova Scotia117
New York112

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassCartilaginous Fishes · Chondrichthyes
OrderMackerel Sharks · Lamniformes
FamilyBasking Sharks · Cetorhinidae
GenusCetorhinus

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