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THE publication in a recent number of Science of notes1 on the occurrence of the whale shark in Bornean waters and on the Florida coast has led me to look over my notes and to put on record its occurrence and abundance in the Seychelles.
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GUDGER, E. The Whale Shark, Rhineodon typus, among the Seychelles Islands. Nature 130, 169 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130169a0
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