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Northernmost record of a whale shark Rhincodon typus from the Sea of Okhotsk
Author(s) -
Tomita T.,
Kawai T.,
Matsubara H.,
Kobayashi M.,
Katakura S.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/jfb.12273
Subject(s) - whale , biology , fishery , temperate climate , subtropics , fish <actinopterygii> , sea surface temperature , oceanography , ecology , geology
The whale shark Rhincodon typus is the world's largest fish and it occurs in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate waters. Here, the northernmost record of R. typus is reported, when it was found in the Sea of Okhotsk for the first time. This occurrence can be explained by the unusually high sea surface temperature during the summer of 2012.