After the whale shark, the basking shark is the largest living fish. It moves slowly, and gradually through the water filter feeding. It has a greatly enlarged mouth and highly developed gill rakers. The color of the basking shark is usually a grayish, brown and seems to have a mottled appearance. The basking shark has very small and numerous teeth, often 100 per row. Basking sharks are a migrating species and are believed to overwinter in deep waters.
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