Distribution of whale shark lengths.

(A) Comparison of R. typus sizes between SURV and COMP; and (B,C) size distribution per month for (B) SURV (n = 43) and (C) COMP (n = 79) in the ASPSP. Immature (below) and mature (above) animals are separated by a shaded area indicating the transitional 8.0–9.0 m size class. The width of the boxes is proportional to the square-roots of the number of observations in the groups, the horizontal bar is the median and the open circles indicate outliers.