Rhincodontidae
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Rhincodontidae is a family of sharks that includes the whale shark, which is the sole extant member and the largest living fish. The whale shark is the only extant member of the family Rhincodontidae, which belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes.