Image: Whale Shark at Great Detached Reef

A Whale Shark at a depth of 2 m, Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef, northern Queensland, January 1993. This fish was photographed during the FNQ field trip.

Photographer:

Jeff Leis

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Order:

Orectolobiformes

Last Updated: 2 November 2012

Tags fishes, ichthyology, Whale Shark, Rhincodontidae, Rhincodon typus,