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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
RHINCODONTIDAE
Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices
Common Name Source
Whale Sharks standard Australia
Whale Shark Australia
Name Source
Rhincodontidae accepted
Rhincodontidae accepted

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Bare scientific name reallocated to RHINCODONTIDAE by taxonomy builder
RHINCODONTIDAE accepted
Identifier Source
37014000 Taxon current
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fa476d07-2c51-4a3a-ad6e-3123744c5c79 Taxon unknown
37014000 Taxon Concept current
http://data.nzor.org.nz/names/82e0c5a5-8251-4a83-860a-1e029cb11bae Scientific Name current
NZOR-6-20531 Taxon current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fa476d07-2c51-4a3a-ad6e-3123744c5c79 Taxon current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fa476d07-2c51-4a3a-ad6e-3123744c5c79 Taxon LSID unknown
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f6f6b576-8474-4f2a-a9e9-d1f9b7da16b4 Scientific Name current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fa476d07-2c51-4a3a-ad6e-3123744c5c79 Taxon Concept current
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Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
GNATHOSTOMATA
informal
PISCES
class
CHONDRICHTHYES
subclass
ELASMOBRANCHII
order
ORECTOLOBIFORMES
family
RHINCODONTIDAE
genus
Rhincodon Smith, 1829 
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