Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Status
ESA Species of Concern - Eastern North Pacific population
CITES Appendix II - throughout its range

Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) Photo: Chris Gotschalk, Wikimedia Poster [pdf] Have You Seen This Shark?

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Cetorhinidae
Genus: Cetorhinus
Species: maximus

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Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title	Federal Register	Date
Species of Concern Fact Sheet: Detailed	n/a	10/12/2010
Fact Sheet Highlights	n/a	10/12/2010

More Information

• Tagging Basking Sharks (SWFSC)
• Identification information request poster [pdf]
• Brochure [pdf]
• Species Profile: Canada Fisheries and Oceans 
• Aquatic Species at Risk: Basking Shark Information from Canada Fisheries and Oceans 
• IUCN Red List Species Information 
• CITES Information: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 
• Convention on Migratory Species 

Updated: February 27, 2013