Species Detail - Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare marine fishes taken in Irish waters from 1786 to 2008".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Cetorhinus maximus
Basking Shark
N/A
Threatened Species: OSPAR Convention
cemax
(Gunnerus, 1765)
cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
17
16
12
01/05/1992
13/08/2004
2 February (recorded in 2012)
11 December (recorded in 2011)
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, Rare marine fishes taken in Irish waters from 1786 to 2008, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus), accessed 26 April 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/89/Species/15533>