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Learn which fish are the:

10 largest (longest) fish
10 smallest (shortest) fishes
10 heaviest fish
10 fastest fishes
10 oldest fish

10 Largest Fish Ever Recorded

RANK	COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	Statistics
1	Whale shark	Rhincodon typus	65.61 feet (2,000cm)
2	King of herrings	Regalecus glesne	36.9 feet(1,100cm)
3	Basking shark	Cetorhinus maximus	29.5 feet (900cm)
4	Giant manta	Manta birostris	26.25 feet (800cm)
5	Thintail thresher	Alopias vulpinus	24.93 feet(760cm)
6	Smalltooth sawfish	Pristis pectinata	24.93 feet (760cm)
7	Tiger shark	Galeocerdo cuvier	24.28 feet (740cm)
8	Longcomb sawfish	Pristis zijsron	23.95 feet(730cm)
9	Greenland shark	Somniosus microcephalus	23.95 feet (730cm)
10	Great white shark	Carcharodon carcharias	23.62 feet (720cm)

10 Smallest Fish on Record

RANK	COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	Statistics
1	Plainchin dreamarm	Leptacanthichthys gracilispinis	.314 inch (.80cm)
2	---	Matsubarichthys inusitatus	.334 inch(.85cm)
3	Mini-molly	Pamphorichthys minor	.3937 inch (1cm)
4	---	Photocorynus spiniceps	.3937 inch (1cm)
5	Dwarf pygmy goby	Pandaka pygmaea	.433 inch(1.10cm)
6	Okapi goby	Lythrypnus okapia	.43307 inch (1.11cm)
7	---	Eviota rubra	.4566 inch (1.16cm)
8	---	Microcharacidium weitzmani	.472 inch(1.20cm)
9	---	Scoloplax dolicholophia	.472 inch (1.20cm)
10	---	Eviota lacrimae	.492 inch (1.25cm)

10 Heaviest Fish Ever Recorded

RANK	COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	Statistics
1	Whale shark	Rhincodon typus	44.092 pounds (20,000kg)
2	Basking shark	Cetorhinus maximus	8,818 pounds (4,000kg)
3	Great white shark	Carcharodon carcharias	7,495 pounds (3,400kg)
4	Giant manta	Manta birostris	6,613 pounds (3,000kg)
5	Beluga	Huso huso	4,568 pounds (2,072kg)
6	Sharptail mola	Masturus lanceolatus	4,409 pounds (2,000kg)
7	Ocean sunfish	Mola mola	4,409 pounds (2,000kg)
8	Kaluga	Huso dauricus	2,204 pounds (1,000kg)
9	White sturgeon	Acipenser transmontanus	1,799 pounds (816kg)
10	Tiger shark	Galeocerdo cuvier	1,781 pounds (808kg)

10 fastest fish in the world

RANK	COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	Statistics
1	Black marlin	Makaira indica	118.43 feet/sec (36.100 m)
2	Swordfish	Xiphias gladius	81.56 feet/sec (24.860 m)
3	Wahoo	Acanthocybium solandri	70.20 feet/sec (21.400 m)
4	Atlantic blue marlin	Makaira nigricans	68.24 feet/sec (20.800 m)
5	Australian spotted mackerel	Scomberomorus munroi	68.24 feet/sec (20.800 m)
6	Yellowfin tuna	Thunnus albacares	67.12 feet/sec (20.460 m)
7	Great barracuda	Sphyraena barracuda	39.78 feet/sec (12.126 m)
8	Skipjack tuna	Katsuwonus pelamis	30.865 feet/sec (9.408 m)
9	Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	26.26 feet/sec (8.004 m)
10	Sacramento pike minnow	Ptychocheilus grandis	22.05 feet/sec (6.720 m)

Oldest Known Fish

RANK	COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	Statistics
1	Shortraker rockfish	Sebastes borealis	157 years
2	Orange roughy	Hoplostethus atlanticus	149 years
3	Warty oreo	Allocyttus verrucosus	140 years
4	Yelloweye rockfish	Sebastes ruberrimus	118 years
5	Tiger rockfish	Sebastes nigrocinctus	116 years
6	Shortspine thornyhead	Sebastolobus alascanus	115 years
7	Sablefish	Anoplopoma fimbria	114 years
8	Redbanded rockfish	Sebastes babcocki	106 years
9	White sturgeon	Acipenser transmontanus	104 years
10	Bulls-eye	Epigonus telescopus	104 years

Fishbase Database --Contains descriptions of 27,060 species of fish, along with scientific data, environmental status, pictures, and is cross-referenced by scientific names, synonyms and common names.