{"id":6108,"date":"2026-07-18T04:10:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/?p=6108"},"modified":"2026-07-18T04:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:11:00","slug":"rhincodontidae-de-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/rhincodontidae-de-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhincodontidae de Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phylum\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/chordata-de-chile\/\">Chordata<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0| Clase\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/chondrichthyes-de-chile\/\">Chondrichthyes<\/a><\/strong> | Orden <strong>Orectolobiformes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Investigador(es) a cargo:&nbsp;<\/strong>Tom\u00e1s Rom\u00e1n de la Fuente (<strong>temporal<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Citar como:\u00a0<\/strong>Rom\u00e1n-de la Fuente, T.\u00a0<em>Rhincodontidae de Chile<\/em>. ChileFauna. Recuperado el [inserte fecha de consulta] de [URL]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00bfEres especialista en este grupo y deseas ser el investigador a cargo? Escribe a tomasromandlf@gmail.com. \u00a1Gracias!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Rhincodontidae<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Compagno, 1977<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los <strong>Rhincodontidae<\/strong> son una familia especializada de tiburones dentro del orden de los Orectolobiformes (tiburones alfombra). Su representante m\u00e1s c\u00e9lebre \u2014y el \u00fanico miembro vivo de la familia en la actualidad\u2014 es el majestuoso <strong>tibur\u00f3n ballena<\/strong> (<em>Rhincodon typus<\/em>). A nivel anat\u00f3mico, se distinguen por poseer un cuerpo colosal, una cabeza ancha y aplanada con una boca inmensa que se sit\u00faa en la parte frontal (terminal) en lugar de la posici\u00f3n inferior (ventral) com\u00fan en la mayor\u00eda de los tiburones, y un patr\u00f3n de coloraci\u00f3n \u00fanico de manchas blancas y l\u00edneas sobre un fondo gris azulado que funciona como un \u00abc\u00f3digo de barras\u00bb individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A diferencia de los grandes depredadores activos de \u00f3rdenes como los Lamniformes, los Rhincodontidae son gigantes pac\u00edficos y filtradores<sup><\/sup>. Poseen un sistema especializado de almohadillas de filtraci\u00f3n en sus branquias que les permite capturar grandes cantidades de plancton, krill, peque\u00f1os peces y calamares mientras nadan lentamente con la boca abierta o realizan filtraci\u00f3n por succi\u00f3n est\u00e1tica. Habitan en aguas c\u00e1lidas, tropicales y subtropicales de todo el mundo, realizando largas migraciones oce\u00e1nicas. Al ser los peces m\u00e1s grandes del planeta, desempe\u00f1an un papel crucial en la salud de los ecosistemas pel\u00e1gicos y son un indicador clave de la productividad biol\u00f3gica de los oc\u00e9anos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Rhincodontidae<\/strong>\u00a0de Chile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En aguas chilenas ha sido registrado el tibur\u00f3n ballena (<em>R. typus<\/em>), \u00fanico representante vivo de la familia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>N\u00famero de taxones en Chile:<\/strong>\u00a01 (especie v\u00e1lida) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Rhincodon typus <\/em>Smith, 1828<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Referencias<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>H\u00fcne, M. (2019).&nbsp;<\/strong>Lista sistem\u00e1tica actualizada de los peces de Chile. Gbif.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gbif-chile.mma.gob.cl\/ipt\/resource?r=peces#anchor-versions\">https:\/\/gbif-chile.mma.gob.cl\/ipt\/resource?r=peces#anchor-versions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phylum\u00a0Chordata\u00a0| Clase\u00a0Chondrichthyes | Orden Orectolobiformes Investigador(es) a cargo:&nbsp;Tom\u00e1s Rom\u00e1n de la Fuente (temporal) Citar como:\u00a0Rom\u00e1n-de la Fuente, T.\u00a0Rhincodontidae de Chile. ChileFauna. Recuperado el [inserte fecha de consulta] de [URL] \u00bfEres especialista en este grupo y deseas ser el investigador a cargo? 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