Classification
- Subclass
- Elasmobranchii
- Superorder
- Euselachii
- Order
- Lamniformes
- Family
- Cetorhinidae
- Genus
- Cetorhinus
- Species
- C. maximus
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: streamlined shape with a conical snout and a large mouth bearing tiny teeth and hair-like filtering gill rakers on the gill arches. In the male the pelvic fins are modified and also serve as a copulatory organ. The caudal peduncle is keeled. It can reach 15 metres in length.
- HABITAT: pelagic.
