What is the whale sharks latin name?
Sharks, like other fish, have various common names in different parts of the world. To avoid confusing scientists each species has only one scientific name. Scientific names are in latin. The whale sharks latin name is "Rhincodon typus".
The whale sharks original name was "Rhinodonte" and literally meant "rasp tooth". Whale sharks have many small teeth, in fact several thousand of them in eleven or twelve rows. Each tooth is only 3mm in length.
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