Species Detail - Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".
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
NBNSYS0000040787
RecommendedWell-formed
Threatened Species: OSPAR Convention || Threatened Species: Endangered
cemax
(Gunnerus, 1765)
Cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
3
2
2
11/06/2016
11/06/2016
2 February (recorded in 2012)
11 December (recorded in 2011)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus), accessed 30 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/15533>