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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.
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.
Leedsichthys is an extinct genus of pachycormid fish that lived in the oceans of the Middle to Late Jurassic. [1] It is the largest ray-finned fish, and amongst the largest fish known to have ever existed. [2] The first remains of Leedsichthys were identified in the nineteenth century.
Can you name the world's 25 heaviest species of fish? Test your knowledge on this science quiz and compare your score to others. Quiz by marineboy123.
M. birostris swimming with a diver. The giant oceanic manta ray, giant manta ray, or oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris) is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae and the largest type of ray in the world. It is circumglobal and is typically found in tropical and subtropical waters but can also be found in temperate waters. [4] Until 2017, the species was classified in the genus Manta, along ...
The largest species of fish to spend its whole life in fresh/brackish water is currently shared between two primary contenders. The Mekong giant catfish ( Pangasianodon gigas ), principally of the Mekong River basin of south-east Asia, can grow up to 3 m (9 ft 10 in) long and weigh 293 kg (646 lb), based on a 2.7-m (8-ft 11-in) specimen ...
