Family CetorhinidaeBasking Shark Selected Characters: Gill slits extremely long; gill rakers long and hairlike; many tiny teeth; lateral keel on caudal peduncle. With a maximum length of 10+ meters, the basking shark is the second largest fish in the world. The single species in this family is found worldwide in temperate and boreal oceans. This shark is a filter feeder, often swimming in large circles with a wide-open mouth, using its long gill slits and well-developed gill rakers to screen out zooplankton. This species is rare in Puget Sound. Puget Sound Species Cetorhinus maximus Basking Shark |