Basking Shark

Illustrated: Adult swimming; huge grey-brown basking shark with pale underside, conical snout, enormous open filter-feeding mouth, five very long gill slits nearly surrounding head, tall dorsal fin and crescent tail; tiny teeth, no predatory fangs.

Cetorhinus maximus

All languages

English

Basking Shark

Norwegian

brugde

Japanese

ウバザメ — うばざめ — ubazame

Korean

돌묵상어 — dolmuksangeo

Spanish

Tiburón peregrino

French

Requin pèlerin

German

Riesenhai

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.