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Definition of Cetorhinus maximus
1. Noun. Large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface.
Generic synonyms: Mackerel Shark
Group relationships: Cetorhinus, Genus Cetorhinus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cetorhinus Maximus
Literary usage of Cetorhinus maximus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Basking Shark, cetorhinus maximus (Gunner). France. tively clumsy forward; its
fins are lower, and its gill-openings are much broader, almost meeting under ..."
2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"[cetorhinus maximus Gunner.] Viet. Nat., Melbourne, 19, 1902, (62-66, with 2 pis.).
[5407 5419 5431]. (n-11031) WESTERN AUSTRALIA. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"cetorhinus maximus (Gunner). BASKING SHARK. In July, 1905, while trolling out
from Cape Lookout, what was mistaken for a whale was espied lying apparently ..."
4. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York by New York Academy of Sciences (1862)
"... eyes (occhi piccolissimo), can only refer to the cetorhinus maximus of
Blainville, or the great basking shark, or at least a species of that genus. ..."
5. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"... maxima or cetorhinus maximus, which was caught off Bergen, in Norway, in May
1901, and measured 28^ feet. The FIG. ..."
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