鲸鲨

📖 1. 概览

体长12～18m、体重达20吨，是现存所有鱼类中体型最庞大且性情温顺的滤食性鲨鱼。

🌐 Wikipedia 摘要摘录

The whale shark is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. An individual with a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft) has been considered the largest reliably recorded. The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the largest living non-cetacean animal. It is the only living species of the genus Rhincodon and the only extant member of the family Rhincodontidae, which belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. Before 1984, it was classified as Rhiniodon into Rhinodontidae. An extinct species, Rhincodon ferriolensis, was described in Europe, in the Late Burdigalian stage.

🦴 2. 身体结构与特征

背部的白色斑点与条纹图案如同人类指纹般因个体而异，它用1.5m宽的巨口每小时过滤6,000升海水以摄食浮游生物。

🔍 3. 生态与行为

眼球表面也覆盖着微小的齿状鳞片（盾鳞），可保护眼睛免受外部冲击。

🇰🇷 4. 与韩国的关联

它是夏季在济州岛沿岸与南海可观察到的海洋保护生物。