Portrait of Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), Nosy Be, Madagascar

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Shooting date : 2018-10-07

Un face à face avec le plus gros poisson du monde : un requin baleine. Celui ci mesure environ 9 mètres de long. C’est l’un des plus gros que nous ayons vu lors de notre séjour. Il faut savoir que ce sont tous des requin juvénile. La plus grande majorité sont des males.

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Species / Species particularity / Fishes particularity / Saltwater fish

Animal / Wild animal / Chordate / Vertebrate / Fish (animal) / Cartilaginous fish / Elasmobranchii / Shark / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)

World sea and ocean / Indian Ocean / Mozambique Channel

Matter (substance) / Water (matter) / Water surface

October

Species / Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) / CITES Appendix 2

Species / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Threatened endangered species / Vulnerable (IUCN) VU

Species / Species particularity / Fishes particularity / Saltwater fish / Pelagic fish

Area / Marine area / Sea / Tropical sea

Area / Naturalness / Natural area

Africa / Southern Africa / Madagascar

Light effect / Reflection

Shot / Underwater shot

Shot / Front shot

Shot / Portrait

Organism / Morphology / Morphology (zoology) / Mouth

Enumeration / Alone

Individual / Stage of development / Adult

Individual / Nobody

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Deuterostomia / Chordata / Vertebrata / Gnathostomata / Chondrichthyes / Elasmobranchii / Euselachii / Selachii / Orectolobiformes / Rhincodontidae / Rhincodon

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