Deep-Sea taxon details
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
105837 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105837)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Gunnerus, J.E. (1765). Brugden (<i>Squalus maximus</i>), Beskrvenen ved J. E. Gunnerus. <em>Det Trondhiemske Selskabs Skerifter.</em> 3: 33-49. Pl. 2. [details]
Type locality contained in Trondheim
type locality contained in Trondheim [details]
Distribution White Bay and Notre Dame Bay Newfoundland, to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the Scotian Shelf, along the Nova Scotia...
Distribution White Bay and Notre Dame Bay Newfoundland, to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the Scotian Shelf, along the Nova Scotia coastline, in the Bay of Fundy and south to North Carolina, straying to Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105837 on 2026-03-23
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105837 on 2026-03-23
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(of ) Gunnerus, J.E. (1765). Brugden (<i>Squalus maximus</i>), Beskrvenen ved J. E. Gunnerus. <em>Det Trondhiemske Selskabs Skerifter.</em> 3: 33-49. Pl. 2. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Campana, S.; Joyce, W.; Zahorodny, Z. (2003). Canadian Shark Research Laboratory. , available online at http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/shark/english/index.htm [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 33 [details]
additional source Gunnerus, J.E. (1765). Brugden (<i>Squalus maximus</i>), Beskrvenen ved J. E. Gunnerus. <em>Det Trondhiemske Selskabs Skerifter.</em> 3: 33-49. Pl. 2.
page(s): 33 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Campana, S.; Joyce, W.; Zahorodny, Z. (2003). Canadian Shark Research Laboratory. , available online at http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/shark/english/index.htm [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 33 [details]
additional source Gunnerus, J.E. (1765). Brugden (<i>Squalus maximus</i>), Beskrvenen ved J. E. Gunnerus. <em>Det Trondhiemske Selskabs Skerifter.</em> 3: 33-49. Pl. 2.
page(s): 33 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Minute planktonic organisms; especially copepods, fish eggs and larvae [details]Distribution White Bay and Notre Dame Bay Newfoundland, to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the Scotian Shelf, along the Nova Scotia coastline, in the Bay of Fundy and south to North Carolina, straying to Florida [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat coastal warm and cool temperature waters [details]
Importance Scientific- Commercial [details]
Predators Unknown [details]
Reproduction Ovoviviparous; young thought to be 1.5-1.7 m long at birth [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | koesterhaai | [details] |
| Albanian | peshkaqeni gjigant | [details] |
| Breton | pirc'hirin | [details] |
| Danish | brugde | [details] |
| Dutch | reuzenhaaireuzehaai | [details] |
| English | sunfishsun fishsouthern basking sharksailfishsail fishpelerinold woman sharkoilfishlong-nosed sharkhomerhoe mothergurry sharkgiant basking sharkfoolish sharkelephant sharkcow-fishcapidoloCape basking sharkbone sharkbasking shark | [details] |
| French | requin-pèlerinreligieusepoisson à voliespèlerinle très grandle squale a fanonselephant de mer | [details] |
| German | RiesenhaiMandelhai | [details] |
| Hebrew | כריש-ענק ים-תיכוניכריש ענקי ים תיכוני | [details] |
| Icelandic | rymerbeinhaakal | [details] |
| Irish | liabhán mórliabhán chor gréine | [details] |
| Italian | squalo massimosqualo elefanteimbestinucaniscucagnia | [details] |
| Japanese | ウバザメzozameubazameteguzamebakazame | [details] |
| Lithuanian | milžinryklis | [details] |
| Maltese | pixi tunnu | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | ΣαπουνάςΚαρχαρίας προσκυνητής | [details] |
| Norwegian | ry brigdebrygdebrugde | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | brugde | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | brugde | [details] |
| Polish | żarłacz olbrzymi | [details] |
| Portuguese | tubarâo fradepeixe fradepeixe caragocarago | [details] |
| Russian | lao sha k’ogigantskie akulybol’shezhabernye akulyakuly nastoiaschieakuloobraznyeakula gigantakaia | [details] |
| Scottish Gaelic | cearban | [details] |
| Slovenian | morski pes orjak | [details] |
| Spanish | tiburón peregrinoperegrinopeje-vacaelefante | [details] |
| Swedish | brugdenbrugd | [details] |
| Turkish | güneşlenen köpekbalığıguneslenen kopekbaligidev köpekbalığıdev kopekbaligibüyük camgözbuyuk camgoz | [details] |
| Ukrainian | китова акулаігантської акулиГігантська акула Акула гігантська | [details] |
| Welsh | heulgi | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (89 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (206 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cetorhinus maximus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (157 nucleotides; 403 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cetorhinus maximus RAD110867-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cetorhinus maximus RAD110867-002)
To PESI
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (89 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (206 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cetorhinus maximus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (157 nucleotides; 403 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cetorhinus maximus RAD110867-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cetorhinus maximus RAD110867-002)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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