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Learn which fish are the:
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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Oldest Known Fish
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SOURCE:
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.
