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Whale Shark
Whale shark are a slow-moving, filtering carpet shark and the largest known extinct fish species. The length of the largest confirmed person was 18.8 m (62 ft). Whale sharks hold many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably by the largest living non-mammalian vertebrate. It is the only member of the genus Rincodone and the only extant member of the family Rhinchodontidae, which belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii in Chondrichthyes. Prior to 1984 it was classified in Rhincodontidae as Rhinodon. Also, the Whale Shark is third biggest animal in the world.
