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Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) >
Rhincodontidae (Whale shark)
Etymology: Rhincodon: rhinc, presumably a typographical error for rhine (Gr.), rasp, but often mistranslated as rhynchos (Gr.), snout; odon, tooth, referring to small, slightly curved teeth, “placed in longitudinal rows, and altogether so disposed towards the anterior edges of jaws as to exhibit the resemblance of a rasp or file lying across each”. (See ETYFish); typus: Serving as type species of the genus. (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
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