Rhincodontidae

Elasmobranch, Its Implications For Global, Parasitology, Diversity And, Naylor, G. J. P., Sc, Caira, J. N., Ct, Jensen, K., Ks, Rosana, K. A. M., Fl, White, W. T., Csiro, Tas, Last, P. R., Csiro & Tas, 2012, A Dna Sequence-Based Approach To The Identification Of Shark And Ray Species And Its Implications For Global Elasmobranch Diversity And Parasitology, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2012 (367), pp. 1-262 : 53

Rhincodontidae (whale sharks)

Rhincodon typus (whale shark) ( fig. 37)

A total of six specimens were included in the analysis. These came from Taiwan, California, Borneo, and Mozambique and thus represent much of the Indo-Pacific distribution of this species, but do not include any representatives from the Atlantic Ocean. The analysis yielded a single very tight cluster with all six specimens identical in sequence. The comparatively small size of our sample makes our results difficult to compare with those of previous studies on genetic variation of this species (e.g., Schmidt et al., 2009; Castro et al., 2007).