ORECTOLOBIFORMES

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Japanese Wobbegong
Orectolobus japonicus
(Orectolobidae)
Zebra Shark
Stegostoma tigsinum
(Stegostomatidae)
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
(Rhincodontidae)


Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
(Rhincodontidae)
(ORECTOLOBIFORMES)
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
(Rhincodontidae)
(ORECTOLOBIFORMES)
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
(Rhincodontidae)
(ORECTOLOBIFORMES)


The dorsal fin of Orectolobiformes is 2, and Orectolobiformes does not have the splinter, and there is an anal fin. All kinds are marine products and live except Whale Shark in the bottom of the sea.
As for Whale Shark, the mouth of this shark is remarkably big with the world's greatest fish in the tip of the head, and the gill cleft is very big, too. The tooth is very small and eats plankton / small fish / cuttlefishs. It becomes full length 7-13m, 12ton in weight.

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