title: The first record, tagging and release of a neonatal whale shark Rhincodon typus in Taiwan.
abstract: On 27 October 2013, a Rhincodon typus was apparently chased by a group of Caranx ignobilis into nearshore waters near Green Island (Ludao), east of Taiwan. A fisherman brought it back to port where it was kept in a small sea pen until release. The R. typus was 78 cm total length, and was tagged and released on 29 October 2013.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Biology and Fisheries Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan; George Chen Shark Research Center, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Joung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D012754:Sharks / Q000145:classification*; D013624:Taiwan
keywords: Green Island; giant trevally; neonate; sea pen; underwater observation