"Cetorhinus maximus" sunan kimiyya ne ga nau'in nau'in da aka fi sani da basking shark, wanda shine na biyu mafi girma na kifin kifin bayan kifin kifi. Kalmar "Cetorhinus" ta samo asali ne daga kalmomin Helenanci "kētos," ma'ana "dodon teku," da "rhinos," ma'ana "hanci," yana nufin babban hanci na shark. "Maximus" kalmar Latin ce ma'ana "mafi girma" ko "mafi girma," wanda ke bayyana girman girman shark. Don haka, ma'anar ƙamus na "Cetorhinus maximus" shine kawai sunan kimiyya na kifin shark.