What is America's biggest fish?

The white sturgeon
white sturgeon
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is the largest freshwater fish in North America. White sturgeon have been reported to reach lengths of 15-20 feet and weights of nearly one ton. The second largest freshwater fish in North America is the alligator gar.
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What are the top 5 biggest fish?

The Biggest Fish List
  • Whale Shark.
  • Basking Shark.
  • Great White Shark.
  • Tiger Shark.
  • Giant Oceanic Manta Ray.
  • Ocean Sunfish.
  • Southern Sunfish.
  • Beluga Sturgeon.
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What is the top 10 biggest fish?

The 10 Largest Fish Species Living Today
  1. Whale Shark. 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.
  2. Basking Shark. ...
  3. Great White Shark. ...
  4. Tiger Shark. ...
  5. Giant Oceanic Manta Ray. ...
  6. Ocean Sunfish. ...
  7. Sharptail Mola. ...
  8. Hoodwinker Sunfish. ...
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What is the biggest freshwater fish ever caught in the United States?

The World Record White Sturgeon — 468 pounds

The 9-foot-6-inch fish was estimated to be 100 years old, and it's still considered the largest freshwater fish ever caught on a rod-and-reel in North America.
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What is the rarest fish in America?

The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) is a critically endangered species of the family Cyprinodontidae (pupfishes) found only in Devils Hole, a water-filled cavern in the US state of Nevada. It was first described as a species in 1930 and is most closely related to C.
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11 BIGGEST Fish Ever Caught



What's the biggest fish in the Great Lakes?

Musky or Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)

Indeed, muskies are second only to sturgeons as the Great Lakes' largest fish. Individuals have weighed in at more than 100 pounds and exceeded six feet in length! The average adult size is an impressive 28-48 inches (0.7-1.2 m) long with a weight of 5-36 pounds (2 to 16kg).
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What is the 2nd biggest fish?

The basking shark is the second largest fish in the world, and like the largest fish (the whale shark) and the largest animal (the great whales), basking sharks are filter feeders that eat tiny, planktonic prey.
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What fish is the king of the sea?

Salmon is called the king of fish.
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What is biggest fish ever caught?

What Was the Largest Fish Ever Caught? According to IGFA records, the largest fish ever caught was a great white shark that weighed an unbelievable 2,664 pounds (1,208.389 kg.). Caught off the coast of Ceduna, Australia, in 1959, it took angler Alfred Dean just 50 minutes to win the fight against this one-ton shark.
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What is the strongest fish in the world?

Josh Jorgensen, the presenter of YouTube's largest saltwater fishing show, hosted three absolutely massive men off the coast of Florida to catch the world's strongest fish, the Goliath Grouper. Goliath Grouper are the largest member of the bass family in the Atlantic Ocean.
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What is the fastest fish?

The Sailfish is the Fastest Fish in the World.
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What is the biggest fish ever caught on a rod and reel?

His largest monster, a Great White Shark weighing 3,427 pounds, still remains the largest fish ever caught by rod and reel.
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What is largest fish in ocean?

The biggest fish in the ocean is the Rhincodon typus or whale shark. Despite their tremendous size and intimidating appearance, whale sharks are commonly docile and approachable. Please keep your distance, giving them the respect and space they deserve.
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What's the biggest shark?

The largest is the whale shark, which has been known to get as large as 18 meters (60 feet).
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What is the queen of the ocean?

Marine biologists have discovered an enormous great white shark they're calling the "queen of the ocean" off the coast of Nova Scotia. The battle-scarred shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is 17 feet (5 meters) long and weighs in at 3,541 pounds (1,606 kilograms).
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What is the largest predator in the ocean?

Killer Whales

But the true ruler of the sea is the killer whale. Killer whales are apex predators, which means they have no natural predators. They hunt in packs, much like wolves, which are also at the top of their food chain.
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What sea creature lives the deepest?

Meet the deepest fish in the ocean, a new species named the Mariana snailfish by an international team of researchers that discovered it. The Mariana snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei) thrives at depths of up to about 8,000 meters (26,200 feet) along the Mariana Trench near Guam.
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Do sharks have tongues?

Do sharks have tongues? Sharks have a tongue referred to as a basihyal. The basihyal is a small, thick piece of cartilage located on the floor of the mouth of sharks and other fishes. It appears to be useless for most sharks with the exception of the cookiecutter shark.
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What's the smallest fish in the ocean?

Paedocypris, a new genus of Southeast Asian cyprinid fish with a remarkable sexual dimorphism, comprises the world's smallest vertebrate.
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Are tuna bigger than sharks?

Tuna are often faster, fitter and bigger than the sharks.
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What is the biggest predator in Lake Michigan?

Invasive sea lamprey, the Great Lakes' biggest predator, primarily feed on lake trout, one of the lakes' most prized sports fish.
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Are there any sharks in Lake Erie?

There are no sharks in Lake Erie," pronounces Officer James Mylett of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
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Are sharks in the Great Lakes?

The water temperature in the Great Lakes is far too cold for most sharks (including the Bull Shark). Even if it managed to make it through the summer months, our frigid winters would turn it into a “sharksicle” in no time.
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What lives in the Devils Hole?

Devils Hole is habitat for the only naturally occurring population of the endangered Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis). The 40 acres (16 ha) unit is part of the Ash Meadows complex, an area of desert uplands and spring-fed oases that was designated as a National Wildlife Refuge in 1984.
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