A whale shark feeding in association with a school of giant herring at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-44

  Wilson, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elops hawaiensis; Giant herring; Rhincodon typus; Whale shark

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANKTIVORE; SHARK;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; ELOPS; ELOPS HAWAIENSIS; RHINCODON; RHINCODON TYPUS;

EID: 0036523851     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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