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Rhincodon Smith, 1829

genus

Accepted

Name authority: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Whale Shark

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Names and sources

Accepted Name	Source
Rhincodon Smith, 1829	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:<i>Zool. Journ.</i>, <b>4</b>: 433, 434

Synonym	Source
Micristodus Gill, 1865 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1865
Rhinecodon Agassiz, 1845 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Nom. Zool. (Pisces)
Rhinodon Smith, 1839 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:in Müller & Henle, Syst. Plagiost., (2
Rhineodon Swainson, 1839 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:N. H. Fishes, etc., 2, 191, 314 (as Rhiniodon, p. 317).
Rineodon Smith, 1838 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Mag. Nat. Hist. (N. S.), 2
Rhiniodon Smith, 1828 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Zool. Journ., 4 (16), 443 (as Rhincodon).
Rhicodon synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Common names	Source
Whale Shark	English GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:The Paleobiology Database

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Classification

kingdom: Animalia

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