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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