Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 91

Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 2000 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-1928 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2bd+4bd / 2016)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal, all tropical and warm temperate waters (Rowat and Brooks, 2012). Observed in high sea, in tuna seines, (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). Included in CITES Appendix II since May 2003.