Whale shark habitat | whale shark mexico
Whale shark habitat | whale shark mexico Distribution and habitat The whale shark inhabits almost all tropical and warm-temperate seas. The fish is primarily pelagic, living in the open sea but not in the greater depths of the ocean, though it is known to occasionally dive to depths of as much as one particular, 800 metres (5, nine hundred ft).|17| Seasonal feeding aggregations occur by several coastal sites including the southern and eastern elements of South Africa; Saint Helena Island in the South Atlantic Underwater; Gulf of Tadjoura in Djibouti, Gladden Spit in Belize; Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia; Kerala|18|, Lakshadweep, Gulf of Kutch and Saurashtra coast of Gujarat in India;|19| Útila in Honduras; Southern Leyte; Donsol, Pasacao and Batangas in the Philippines; off Isla Mujeres and Isla Holbox in Yucatan and Bahía de los Ángeles in Baja California, México; Maamigili island, Maldives; Ujun...