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Rhincodontidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Rhincodontidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Rhincodontidae
Family recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, wikipedia ID, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia SL, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia gl Galician, GBIF classification, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Rhincodontidae
Recognized by Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, IABIN, Angola Species List, Australia Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Djibouti Species List, Dominica Species List, Ecuador Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, French Polynesia Species List, India Species List, Italy Species List, Kenya Species List, Kuwait Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Mauritius Species List, Myanmar Species List, New Zealand Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Seychelles Species List, South Africa Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Red Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Furui 2020, OBIS environmental data records, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Rhincodontidae Müller & Henle 1841
Family recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Alternative Names

Eorhincodon Li 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Palaeorhincodon Herman 1975
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhincodontidae
Harvest ancestor according to The Fish Database of Taiwan, Arkive, Undersea Productions, EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, Animal Diversity Web, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Mozambique Species List, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, Paleobiology Database, CITES, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, Fishbase, TreatmentBank, and Global Biotic Interactions
Rhiniodontidae Müller & Henle 1839
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

English

whale sharks preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
whale shark
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Finnish

Valashait preferred
Recognized by admin

French

requins baleine preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

ジンベエザメ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, World Register of Marine Species, and admin
ching sha k'o
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
jimbeizame-ka
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Russian

kitovye akuly preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Spanish; Castilian

tiburones ballena preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
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Curated hierarchies for Rhincodontidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Selachii
Orectolobiformes
Rhincodontidae (this page)
Rhincodon
Brachaeluridae
Ginglymostomatidae
Hemiscylliidae
Orectolobidae
Parascylliidae
Stegostomatidae

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Orectolobiformes
Rhincodontidae (this page)
Rhincodon
Brachaeluridae
Ginglymostomatidae
Hemiscylliidae
Orectolobidae
Parascylliidae
Stegostomatidae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Selachii
Orectolobiformes
Rhincodontidae (this page)
Rhincodon
Brachaeluridae
Ginglymostomatidae
Hemiscylliidae
Orectolobidae
Parascylliidae
Stegostomatidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Selachii
Orectolobiformes
Rhincodontidae (this page)
Rhincodon
Brachaeluridae
Ginglymostomatidae
Hemiscylliidae
Orectolobidae
Parascylliidae
Stegostomatidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Orectolobiformes
Rhincodontidae (this page)
Rhincodon Smith 1828
Agaleus Duffin & Ward 1983
Akaimia Rees 2010
Annea Thies 1983
Brachaeluridae
Dorsetoscyllium Underwood & Ward 2004
Ginglymostomatidae
Hemiscylliidae
Heterophorcynus Underwood & Ward 2004
Mesiteia Gorjanovic-Kramberger 1885
Orectolobidae
Ornatoscyllium Underwood & Ward 2004
Palaeocarcharias Beumont 1960
Palaeorectolobus Kriwet 2008
Parascylliidae
Phorcynis Thiollière 1854
Stegostomatidae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Euselachii
Orectolobiformes
Rhincodontidae (this page)
Rhincodon Smith 1828
Brachaeluridae Applegate 1974
Ginglymostomatidae Gill 1862
Hemiscylliidae Gill 1862
Orectolobidae Gill 1896
Parascylliidae Gill 1862
Stegostomatidae Gill 1862

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Orectolobiformes
Rhincodontidae (this page)
Rhincodon typus Smith 1828
Brachaeluridae
Ginglymostomatidae
Hemiscylliidae
Orectolobidae
Parascylliidae
Stegostomidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Selachii
Galeomorphii
Galeoidea
Orectolobiformes
Rhincodontidae (this page)
Rhincodon
Brachaeluridae
Ginglymostomatidae
Hemiscylliidae
Orectolobidae
Parascylliidae
Stegostomatidae
unclassified Orectolobiformes

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Euselachii
Neoselachii
Selachimorpha
Galeomorphii
Orectolobiformes
Rhincodontidae (this page)
Micristodus
Rhincodon
Akaimia
Brachaeluridae
Crossorhinidae
Ginglymostomatidae
Hemiscylliidae
Orectolobidae
Palaeocarcharias
Parascylliidae
Stegostomatidae

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Orectolobiformes
Rhincodontidae Müller & Henle 1841 (this page)
Brachaeluridae
Brachaeluridae Applegate 1974
Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostomatidae Gill 1862
Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscylliidae Gill 1862
Orectolobidae
Orectolobidae Gill 1896
Parascylliidae
Parascylliidae Gill 1862
Rhincodontidae
Stegostomatidae
Stegostomatidae Gill 1862
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