This shark is called the basking shark because it is most often observed when feeding at the surface and appears to be basking in the warmer water there.
The Hoe-mother lives in the pelagic-oceanic, oceanodromous, marine, depth range 0 - 2000 m , usually 0 - m environment.
Nothing known about the Hoe-mother
Albafar in Portuguese (Português)
An liamhán gréine in Gaelic, Irish
An liamhán gréine in Irish (Gaeilge)
Basking chark in Ukrainian (українська мова)
basking shark in English
basking shark in Unknown
Basking tresher in English
Beinhákarl in Icelandic (Íslenska)
Bone shark in English
Brugd in Swedish (Svenska)
Brugda in Faroese (Føroyskt)
Brugde in Danish (dansk)
Brugde in Norwegian (Norsk)
Büyük camgöz in Turkish (Türkçe)
Büyükcamgöz baligi in Turkish (Türkçe)
Büyükcamgöz balığı in Turkish (Türkçe)
Cação-peregrino-argentino in Portuguese (Português)
Cagna in Italian (Italiano)
can in Italian (Italiano)
Canisca in Italian (Italiano)
Cetorhinus maximus in Spanish (español)
Colayo in Spanish (español)
Dev köpek balığı in Turkish (Türkçe)
Dlugoszpar a. rekin gigantyczny in Polish (polski)
Długoszpar in Polish (polski)
Éléphant de mer in French (français)
Elephant shark in English
Flaneur in French (français)
Frade in Portuguese (Português)
Gabdoll in Maltese (Malti)
Gobdoll in Maltese (Malti)
Hoe-mother in English
Imbestino in Italian (Italiano)
Jättiläishai in Finnish (suomen kieli)
K'wet'thenéchte in Salish
Kalb in Arabic (العربية)
Karish anak in Hebrew (עברית)
Koesterhaai in Afrikaans
Mandelhai in German (Deutsch)
Marrajo ballenato in Spanish (español)
Marrajo gigante in Spanish (español)
Mmistinu in Italian (Italiano)
Peixe frade in Portuguese (Português)
Peixe-carago in Portuguese (Português)
Peixe-frade in Portuguese (Português)
Peje vaca in Spanish (español)
Pelegrí in Catalan (Català)
Pèlerin in French (français)
Peregrino in Portuguese (Português)
Peregrino in Spanish (español)
Pesce elefante in Italian (Italiano)
Pesce pappagallo in Italian (Italiano)
Peshkagen shtegtar in Albanian (Shqip)
Peshkaqen shtegtar in Albanian (Shqip)
Pez elefante in Spanish (español)
pirc'hirin in Breton (brezhoneg)
Pisci sceccu in Italian (Italiano)
Pixxitonnu in Maltese (Malti)
Poisson à voiles in French (français)
Psina golema in Croatian (Hrvatski)
Psina gorostasna in Croatian (Hrvatski)
Relengueiro in Portuguese (Português)
Religieuse in French (français)
Requin in French (français)
Requin pèlerin in French (français)
requin-pèlerin in French (français)
Reremai in Maori (te reo Māori)
reuzehaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
Reuzenhaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
Riesenhai in German (Deutsch)
Saparnasm Skylopsaro in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Saparnasm Skylopsaro in Greek, Modern (1453)
Sapounas in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Sapounas in Greek, Modern (1453)
Shark in English
Squale géant in French (français)
Squale pélerin in French (français)
squale-pelèrin in French (français)
Squalo elefante in Italian (Italiano)
Squalo gigante in Italian (Italiano)
Squalo pellegrino in Italian (Italiano)
Squalo rostrato in Italian (Italiano)
Sun-fish in English
Suncani pas in Croatian (Hrvatski)
Sunfish in English
Tauró pelegrí in Catalan (Català)
Tiburón in sp
tiburón ballena in Spanish (español)
Tiburón canasta in Spanish (español)
Tiburón peregrino in Spanish (español)
Tubarão frade in Portuguese (Português)
Tubarão-frade in Portuguese (Português)
Tubarão-peregrino in Portuguese (Português)
Ubazame in Japanese (日本語)
Καρχαρίας in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Παπάς in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Σαπουνάς in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Σαπουνάς in Greek, Modern (1453)
Σκυλόψαρο in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Акула гигантская in Russian (русский язык)
Гигантская акула in Russian (русский язык)
כריש ענק in Hebrew (עברית)
姥鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
姥鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
象沙 in Mandarin Chinese
象鮫 in Chinese (中文)
象鮫 in Mandarin Chinese
象鲛 in Mandarin Chinese
돌묵상어 in Korean (한국어)