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 10th biggest fish in the world?

The Hoodwinker Sunfish (Mola tecta), often called sunfish, is the world's 10th largest fish.
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What is the biggest fish in world?

Whale Shark: The World's Largest Fish
  • Unlike whales, sharks are not mammals but belong to a group of cartilaginous fishes. ...
  • The blue whale model in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life is 94 feet long. ...
  • Whale sharks often feed passively, by swimming with their large mouths open.
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What is the biggest fish in the world that's not a shark?

The largest species is the beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) of the Caspian and Black seas, the only extant bony fish to rival the massiveness of the ocean sunfish. The largest specimen considered reliable (based on remains) was caught in the Volga estuary in 1827 and measured 7.3 m (24 ft) and weighed 1,474 kg (3,250 lb).
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What is the second biggest fish in the world?

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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11 BIGGEST Fish Ever Caught



What is the fastest fish?

The Sailfish is the Fastest Fish in the World - Ocean Conservancy.
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What fish is bigger than a megalodon?

The blue whale is the biggest living being alive today and it is far larger than any megalodon. The blue whale can grow upwards of 100 feet long and weighs more than 110 tons.
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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 fish is king of the sea?

Salmon is called the king of fish.
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Is whale bigger than shark?

When it comes to size, there is a clear winner: blue whales are significantly larger than whale sharks. In fact, blue whales are the largest animal on the planet, ocean, or land.
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What is the biggest fish in the world 2020?

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 are the top 10 fish names?

Top 10 Male Fish Names
  • Nemo (for a clownfish, of course)
  • Bubbles.
  • Jack.
  • Captain.
  • Finley.
  • Blue.
  • Moby.
  • Bubba.
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Do fishes sleep?

While fish do not sleep in the same way that land mammals sleep, most fish do rest. Research shows that fish may reduce their activity and metabolism while remaining alert to danger. Some fish float in place, some wedge themselves into a secure spot in the mud or coral, and some even locate a suitable nest.
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What is the ugliest fish in the world?

The grumpy-looking, gelatinous blobfish has won a public vote to become the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society. This gives the fish the unofficial title of world's ugliest animal.
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What is the most venomous fish?

The world's most venomous fish is a close relative to the scorpionfishes, known as the stonefish. Through its dorsal fin spines, the stonefish can inject a venom that is capable of killing an adult person in less than an hour.
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Who is the strongest shark?

"To give some perspective, the bull shark has a bite force of 6,000 newtons, the white shark has 10,000 newtons bite force. The strongest bite force ever measured for any animal on earth is the saltwater crocodile at 17,000 newtons," Elliott said.
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Is megalodon still alive?

Extinction of a mega shark

We know that megalodon had become extinct by the end of the Pliocene (2.6 million years ago), when the planet entered a phase of global cooling. Precisely when the last megalodon died is not known, but new evidence suggests that it was at least 3.6 million years ago.
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Whats bigger than a blue whale?

While there might never be a larger animal than the blue whale, there are other kinds of organism that dwarf it. The largest of them all, dubbed the “humongous fungus”, is a honey mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae).
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Is the megalodon real?

megalodon, (Carcharocles megalodon), member of an extinct species of megatooth shark (Otodontidae) that is considered to be the largest shark, as well as the largest fish, that ever lived.
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What's bigger megalodon or whale shark?

As for weight, they average around 20 tons (41,000 lbs) but can get a little bigger. Megalodons are a little longer and significantly heavier than whale sharks. Although whale sharks hold the title for largest shark alive, megalodons hold the title for largest shark ever.
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