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Coleman JG. 1997. A review of the biology and ecology of the whale shark. Journal of Fish Biology 51: 1219-1234.
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Heyman WD, Graham RT, Kjerfve B and Johannes RE. 2001. Whale sharks Rhincodon typus aggregate to feed on fish spawn in Belize. Marine Ecological Progress Series 215: 275-282.
Jarman SN and Wilson SG, 2004. DNA-based species identification of krill consumed by whale sharks. Journal of Fish Biology 65: 586-591.
Joung SK, Chen CT, Clark E, Uchida S, Huang WYP. 1996. The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a livebearer: 300 embryos found in one 'megamamma' supreme. Environmental Biology of Fishes 46: 219-223.
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