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The largest verified specimen belongs to the southern sunfish discovered dead near the Azores in the Atlantic has set the record for being the largest extant bony fish with the weight of 2,744 kg (6,049 lb).
Megalodon was the largest fish ever known, a designation based on discoveries of hundreds of fossil teeth, two vertebral columns, and a handful of individual vertebrae.
Modern estimates suggest that the largest fish ever to live on Earth was the now-extinct predatory shark known as megalodon (Otodus megalodon; formerly Carcharodon megalodon) which is believed to have reached at least 15–18 m (50–59 ft) and perhaps up to 20 m (65 ft) long.
22 gru 2020 · The Rhincodon typus, which can grow up to 41.5 feet and weigh as much as 21.5 tons, is the biggest fish species living today. It is also the largest extant non-mammalian vertebrate species on our planet.
The world's largest fish is the plankton-feeding whale shark (Rhincodon typus), which is found in the warmer areas of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Measurements of these elusive fish vary drastically from study to study, as well as between regions, but those measured to date have averaged 4–12 metres (13 feet 1 inch–39 feet 4 ...
24 cze 2022 · Fishermen in the Stung Treng region of northern Cambodia made a historic catch on 13 June 2022 when they hauled in the largest freshwater fish to ever be officially recorded. The female giant freshwater stingray ( Urogymnus polylepis ) weighed approximately 300 kg (661 lb) – about the same as a typical grizzly bear – and had a total length ...
Based on records from the International Game Fish Association, a great white shark was the largest fish ever caught. It was found in 1959, near the coast of Ceduna, Australia, and weighed 2,664 pounds.
