Rhincodon Smith, 1829

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 22

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Genus Rhincodon Smith, 1829

Whale Shark

Rhincodon Smith, 1829: 443 . Type species: Rhiniodon typus Smith, 1828, by monotypy, as interpreted by the ICZN, 1984 (Opinion 1278).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Carcharhiniformes
Family	Carcharhinidae

Rhincodon Smith, 1829

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred 2018

2018

Rhincodon

Smith 1829: 443

1829

Rhiniodon

Smith 1828

1828

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