The Biggest marine animal is the Blue Whale, a mammal, while the Biggest Fish is Whale Sharks. Whale shark body length reaches over 12 meters and weigh up to 34 tons. Interestingly, the biggest fish that have a Latin name Rhincodon typus only eat plankton, food scraps and plants. As plankton eaters, who obtain their prey by filtering sea water, whale shark have mouths that are large, up to 1.5 m wide containing 10 sheets of filter and about 300 to 350 rows of tiny teeth. This fish also has big five pairs of gills. Two small eyes are located at the front end of the head is flat and wide.
This shark gets its name (whale shark) because of its large size and eating habits by filtering sea water resembles most other types of whales. These sharks wandering in tropical oceans and warm temperate seas, and can live up to 70 years old. Travel area generally do not cross the 30 ° latitude, north and south. Whale sharks are known able to dive to depths of 1,286 m. This species is believed to come from about 60 million years ago.
Although it's the largest shark, but whale sharks relatively is harmless because of their habit to turning a blind eye when it was interrupted. His movement is relatively slow, at only 8 km / h. The whale shark is not the fish that nimble. Although big, Whale Sharks are docile marine animals and sometimes let the divers ride, although this action is not justified by shark researchers and conservationists. Young Whale Sharks are actually quite gentle and can be invited to play by the divers.
Whale sharks are also often referred to as the carpet sharks because of the pattern on the carpet resembles a whale shark skin. Also called by the name of fish tantrum latitude refers to the color pattern on the back of similar stars in the sky.
Scientific Classification of Whale Shark :
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Chondrichthyes
Up-Class : Elasmobranchii
Order : Orectolobiformes
Family: Rhincodontidae
Genus : Rhincodon
Species : R. typus
This shark gets its name (whale shark) because of its large size and eating habits by filtering sea water resembles most other types of whales. These sharks wandering in tropical oceans and warm temperate seas, and can live up to 70 years old. Travel area generally do not cross the 30 ° latitude, north and south. Whale sharks are known able to dive to depths of 1,286 m. This species is believed to come from about 60 million years ago.
Although it's the largest shark, but whale sharks relatively is harmless because of their habit to turning a blind eye when it was interrupted. His movement is relatively slow, at only 8 km / h. The whale shark is not the fish that nimble. Although big, Whale Sharks are docile marine animals and sometimes let the divers ride, although this action is not justified by shark researchers and conservationists. Young Whale Sharks are actually quite gentle and can be invited to play by the divers.
Whale sharks are also often referred to as the carpet sharks because of the pattern on the carpet resembles a whale shark skin. Also called by the name of fish tantrum latitude refers to the color pattern on the back of similar stars in the sky.
Scientific Classification of Whale Shark :
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Chondrichthyes
Up-Class : Elasmobranchii
Order : Orectolobiformes
Family: Rhincodontidae
Genus : Rhincodon
Species : R. typus