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An Unprecedented Aggregation of Whale Sharks, Rhincodon typus, in Mexican Coastal Waters of the Caribbean Sea 1 2 ´ 1 2 ´ Rafael de la Parra Venegas , Robert Hueter , Jaime Gonzalez Cano , John Tyminski , Jose Gregorio 1 3 4 4 5 5 Remolina , Mike Maslanka , Andrea Ormos , Lee Weigt , Bruce Carlson , Alistair Dove * ´ ´ ´ ´ ´ 1 Proyecto Domino, Comision Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 2 Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America, 3 Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., United States of America, 4 Laboratories of Analytical Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America, 5 Georgia Aquarium Research Center, Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Abstract Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are often perceived as solitary behemoths that live and feed in the open ocean. To the contrary, evidence is accumulating that they are gregarious and form seasonal aggregations in some coastal waters. One ´ such aggregation occurs annually north of Cabo Catoche, off Isla Holbox on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Here we