Wednesday, April 25, 2012    Or ARE they tall?   Should I
believe these stories?    This leads to today’s questions:
Enjoy your search while I dive!  Search on.     1. google search
'largest fish' I thought it was a whale shark, but a wanted to
make sure. - found species name and publication of original
sighting (smith 1828)      average size is tricky because this
report says that recent shark sightings have been about 6.5ft
less than normal     Decline in whale shark size and abundance
at Ningaloo Reef over the past decade: The world’s largest fish
is getting smaller     this reports on a large fish 12m (in
report), standard 10.23m; girth of body 5.05m      this report
says length is 10-12 meters long     Title: Threatened fishes of
the world: Rhincodon typus (Smith 1828) (Rhincodontidae)
Source: Environmental biology of fishes [0378-1909] yr:2005
vol:74 iss:2 pg:184      method of counting - capture mark
recapture (CMR) using photographs...identify spot pattern
between gills and dorsal fin, individ