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Cetorhinus maximus

Cetorhinus maximus

Albafar(+99)·(Gunnerus, 1765)

GBIF:299345869

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(34)

North East Pacific
North Pacific
OSPAR Region II (Greater North Sea)
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Gulf of Mexico
European waters (ERMS scope)
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
FAO fishing area 48
FAO fishing area 67
South Africa (country)
FAO fishing area 77
FAO fishing area 71
OSPAR Region IV (Bay of Biscay/Golfe de Gascogne & Iberian coasts)
OSPAR Region V (Wider Atlantic)
Gulf of St. Lawrence
FAO fishing area 57
British Columbia
Trondheim
North East Pacific
North Pacific
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part]
North West Atlantic
FAO fishing area 81
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
FAO fishing area 67
Gulf of Maine
OSPAR Region I (Arctic)
OSPAR Region III (Celtic Seas)
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
FAO fishing area 87
Wimereux

DATA

Occurrence Datasets

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 31 languages.

porAlbafarporgleAn liamhán gréinegleengBasking tresherengislBeinhákarlislBrugdafao+95 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 31 languages.

porAlbafar
por
gleAn liamhán gréine
gle
engBasking tresher
eng
islBeinhákarl
isl
Brugda
fao
turBüyükcamgöz baligi
tur
itaCagna
ita
Cagnaccia
cos
itaCanisca
ita
engCape basking shark
eng
porCação-peregrino-argentino
por
spaColayo
spa
polDługoszpar
pol
porFrade
por
mltGabdoll
mlt
mltGobdoll
mlt
hrvGolema psina
hrv
engGreat Basker
eng
cymHeulgwn
cym
estHiidhai
est
engHoe-mother
eng
itaImbestino
ita
finJättiläishai
fin
araKalb
ara
hebKarish anak
heb
deuMandelhai
deu
spaMarrajo ballenato
spa
spaMarrajo gigante
spa
itaMmistinu
ita
porPeixe-carago
por
porPeixe-frade
por
spaPeje vaca
spa
catPelegrí
cat
itaPesce elefante
ita
sqiPeshkagen shtegtar
sqi
sqiPeshkaqen shtegtar
sqi
itaPisci sceccu
ita
mltPixxitonnu
mlt
fraPoisson à voiles
fra
hrvPsina golema
hrv
hrvPsina gorostasna
hrv
srpPzina golema
srp
polRekin gigantyczny
pol
porRelengueiro
por
fraRequin pèlerin
fra
Reremai
mri
deuRiesenhai
deu
ellSaparnasm Skylopsaro
ell
ellSapounas
ell
ellSkylòpsaro
ell
fraSquale géant
fra
fraSquale pélerin
fra
itaSqualo gigante
ita
itaSqualo pellegrino
ita
itaSqualo rostrato
ita
hrvSuncani pas
hrv
spaTiburón canasta
spa
porTubarâo-frade
por
porTubarão frade
por
porTubarão-frade
por
porTubarão-peregrino
por
rusakula gigantakaia
rus
rusakuloobraznye
rus
rusakuly nastoiaschie
rus
jpnbakazame
jpn
engbasking shark
eng
islbeinhaakal
isl
rusbol’shezhabernye akuly
rus
engbone shark
eng
swebrugd
swe
brugde
nobbrugde
nob
nnobrugde
nno
norbrugde
nor
swebrugden
swe
norbrygde
nor
turbuyuk camgoz
tur
turbüyük camgöz
tur
itacagnia
ita
itacaniscu
ita
engcapidolo
eng
porcarago
por
cearbain
gla
cearban
gla
engcow-fish
eng
turdev kopekbaligi
tur
turdev köpekbalığı
tur
spaelefante
spa
fraelephant de mer
fra
engelephant shark
eng
engfoolish shark
eng
enggiant basking shark
eng
rusgigantskie akuly
rus
turguneslenen kopekbaligi
tur
enggurry shark
eng
turgüneşlenen köpekbalığı
tur
cymheulgi
cym
enghoe mother
eng
enghomer
eng
itaimbestinu
ita

HIERARCHY

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Source Information

Catalogue of Life

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The Catalogue of Life is building a comprehensive catalogue of all known species on Earth. It offers two types of releases that reflect different levels of quality. The Base Release is curated and verified by experts specifically for COL. The eXtended Release (COL XR) builds on the Base Release 2026-05-11 (COL26.5) by programmatically integrating additional data sources. It integrates information from 61504 overlapping taxonomic and nomenclatural global, regional, national and management data sources (checklists) as well as originating from digitised literature available in Catalogue of Life's infrastructure ChecklistBank. New names and other data included in the COL XR are indicated with the XR icon. This release addresses several gaps of the Base Release and also enriches the existing names with information such as authorships, references, and vernacular names. It also adds molecular data, such as barcode index numbers or operational taxonomic units, to the Catalogue of Life. Higher taxonomy is being added only in selected groups with important gaps. Meanwhile, the information from the global data sources of the Catalogue of Life Base Release remains unmodified. This enhanced process is continuously evolving and undergoing quality control checks by COL editors and its community. Due to its programmatic nature as well as the taxonomic and nomenclatural differences among the data sources used, some issues may arise. We therefore caution the user, and invite everyone to help log data issues in the [COL’s data GitHub repository](https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/data/issues/new?template=xcol-content-feedback.md). We will do our best to resolve these issues as soon as possible.

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Abreu, C., Acero P, A., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (2026-05-15 XR). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgxsq

CC BYPublished 5/15/2026View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
299345869
Dataset Key
7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2420726
Taxon ID
T72Q
Last Crawled
5/28/2026
Last Interpreted
6/4/2026