A feeding basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus).   Basking sharks are the second-largest fish.

They can be up to 30 feet long;  this one is about 20 feet long.

During the summer, they congregate off the coast of Scotland to feed on plankton.

(Gunna Island, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK)

 

 

 

fish; shark; mackerel shark; basking shark; Chordata; Chondrichthyes; subC Elasmobranchii; supO Euselachii; Lamniformes; Cetorhinidae; Cetorhinus maximus