'Basking Shark' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Basking Shark

20 July 2024

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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus
iNaturalist Observation
MARKED RESEARCH GRADE

More Observations from Expedition Gloucester

Surveys of marine life and pelagic birds taken aboard New England whale watch boats (2021 to 2024)

22 Observations
9 Identified Species
Humpback Lunge Feeding
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Humpback Exhales While Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Common Mola Basking at Surface Ocean Sunfish
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
The Humpback & The Gull
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Northern Gannet in Gloucester Harbor
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

More from Biodiversity Life in the Coastal Seas

The eruption of species where the water meets the land.

24 Observations
11 Identified Species
Spotted Eagle Ray
Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA (February 2013)
Mother Humpback Diving into Sunset Atlantic
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
The Humpback & The Gull
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Mother Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Common Mola Basking at Surface Ocean Sunfish
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
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