National Cheng Kung University

If researchers can confirm that the shark has never been recorded into their database before or anywhere in the world, the person who submitted the photo may get to name it.

Professor Wang Haowen of National Cheng Kung University's Marine Biology and Cetacean Research Center said the Xiaoliuqiu whale shark appears to be a male measuring about four meters long and is not yet sexually mature.

It may have reached the area while traveling along a branch of the Kuroshio Current.

For the divers who happened to cross paths with it, it was a very rare encounter and one that can now help researchers learn more about the whale sharks passing through Taiwan's waters.

These are important US interests.

Uh, Wang Huang Jen, very common name, a political science, uh, professor at National Cheng Kung University, said the outcome beats expectations.

Looking at the results, many things we thought would be very bad didn't happen.

The Trump administration approved a $11 billion arm sale in December, 10 months ago.