Breadcrumb Home Publications FishBase species profile: Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828) whale shark From WorldFish Publication year 2003 Publication authors FishBase Team Publication Type Scientific Publication Full Citation FishBase Team (2003). FishBase species profile: Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828) whale shark. NAGA 26(4): 27 Open original Abstract Whale shark as listed in the Fishbase database was described