A. Proposal

Inclusion of the Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) on Appendix II of CITES.

B. Proponent

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

C. Supporting Statement

1.Taxonomy

1.1 Class Chondrichthyes (subclass Elasmobranchii)
1.2 Order Lamniformes
1.3 Family Cetorhinidae
1.4 Species Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
1.5 Scientific synonyms

Halsydrus pontoppidani (Neill, 1809); Tetroras angiova Rafinesque, 1809; Squalus gunnerianus Blainville, 1810; Squalus homianus Blainville 1810; Squalus pelegrinus Blainville, 1810; Squalus peregrinus Blainville, 1811; Squalus (Cetorhinus) gunneri Blainville, 1816; Squalus (Cetorhinus) shavianus Blainville, 1816; ? Scoliophis atlanticus Anon., 1817; Squalus isodus Macri, 1819; Squalus rostratus Macri, 1819; Squalus elephas LeSueur, 1822; Squalus rashleighanus Couch, 1838; Squalus rhinoceros Mitchell, in DeKey, 1842; Squalus cetaceus Gronow, 1854; Polyprosopus macer Couch, 1962; Cetorhinus blainvillei Brito Capello, 1870; Selachus pennantii Cornish, 1885; Cetorhinus maccoyi Barrett, 1933; Cetorhinus maximus forma infanuncula Deinse & Adriani, 1953; Cetorhinus maximus normani Siccardi, 1960.

1.6 Common names

English:Basking shark, (traditionally sunfish or sailfish, hoe mother)
Gaelic: Cearban (Scotland), liabhán mór, liabhán chor gréine (Ireland)
French: Pélerin
Spanish: Peregrino
German: Riesenhai
Italian: Squalo elefante

1.7 Code number