Cetorhinus maximus is a large, sluggish, harmless filter feeder that swims either alone, in pairs, or in large schools. It is the second largest fish.!-- google_ad_client = "pub-8040656654961143"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "003399"; google_color_bg = "003399"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "FFFFFF"; google_color_text = "FFFFFF";
The basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, is the second largest fish, after the whale shark. The basking shark is a cosmopolitan species - it is found in all the world's temperate oceans, it is a slow moving and generally harmless filter feeder.