What's been spotted in Tasmania?

Cetorhinus maximus (Basking shark)

Basking shark (still image taken from video)

Depth	1m

The sighting

Spotted by	Rodney Brill
Region	Tasmania
Sighted on	2 Aug 2015

This sighting has been reviewed and verfied

Andrew Pender

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Why is this sighting important?

Data deficient
Rare/cryptic

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