List of longest fish
This list includes extant fish with reported maximum length more than 6 metres.
| Rank | Animal | Scientific name | Maximum length | Image | Habitat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whale shark | Rhincodon typus | 18.8 m (62 ft)
(see Whale shark)[1] |
 |  |
| 2 | Basking shark | Cetorhinus maximus | 12.27 m (40.3 ft) [2] |  |  |
| 3 | Giant oarfish | Regalecus glesne | 11 m (36 ft)[3] |  | |
| 4 | Russell's oarfish | Regalecus russellii | 8 m (26 ft)[4] |  | |
| 5 | Largetooth sawfish | Pristis pristis | 7.5 m (25 ft)[5] |  | |
| 6 | Tiger shark | Galeocerdo cuvier | 7.4 m (24 ft) [6] |  |  |
| 7 | Longcomb sawfish | Pristis zijsron | 7.3 m (24 ft) [7] |  | |
| 8 | Greenland shark | Somniosus microcephalus | 7.3 m (24 ft) [8] |  |
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| 9 | Beluga sturgeon | Huso huso | 7.2 m (24 ft) [9] |  |  |
| 10 | Great white shark | Carcharodon carcharias | 7.1 m (23 ft) (disputed) [10][11][12] |  |  |
| 11 | Pacific sleeper shark | Somniosus pacificus | 7 m (23 ft) [13] |  |  |
| 12 | Common thresher shark | Alopias vulpinus | 6.5 m (21 ft) [14] |  |  |
| 13 | Goblin shark | Mitsukurina owstoni | 6.2 m (20 ft) [15] |  |  |
| 14 | Great hammerhead shark | Sphyrna mokarran | 6.1 m (20 ft) [16] |  |  |
| 15 | White sturgeon | Sinosturio transmontanus | 6.1 m (20 ft) [17] |  | |
| 16 | Bluntnose sixgill shark | Hexanchus griseus | 6.1 m (20 ft)[18] |  |
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| 17 | European sea sturgeon | Acipenser sturio | 6 m (20 ft) [19] |  |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Borrell, Asunción; Aguilar, Alex; Gazo, Manel; Kumarran, R. P.; Cardona, Luis (December 2011). "Stable isotope profiles in whale shark (Rhincodon typus) suggest segregation and dissimilarities in the diet depending on sex and size". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 92 (4): 559–567. doi:10.1007/s10641-011-9879-y. ISSN 0378-1909.
- ↑ Wood, Gerald (1983). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9.
- ↑ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
- ↑ "Regalecus russelii summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Pristis pristis" in FishBase. November 2017 version.
- ↑ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
- ↑ Simpfendorfer, C. (2013). "Pristis zijsron". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T39393A18620401. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T39393A18620401.en
- ↑ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
- ↑ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
- ↑ Christiansen, H. M.; Lin, V.; Tanaka, S.; Velikanov, A.; Mollet, H. F.; Wintner, S. P.; Fordham, S. V.; Fisk, A. T.; Hussey, N. E. (2014). "The Last Frontier:Great White Sharks". PLOS ONE. 9 (4) e94407. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094407. PMC 3989224. PMID 24740299.
- ↑ "Ep. 10. A Bathing Accident - Transcript". Shark Files.
- ↑ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
- ↑ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
- ↑ Compagno, L.J.V. (2002). Sharks of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date (Volume 2). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. pp. 86–88. ISBN 92-5-104543-7.
- ↑ Parsons, Glenn R.; Ingram, G. Walter; Havard, Ralph (2002). "First record of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni, Jordan (family Mitsukurinidae) in the Gulf of Mexico". Southeastern Naturalist. 1 (2): 189–192. doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2002)001[0189:FROTGS]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86600875.
- ↑ Bester, Cathleen. Biological Profiles: Great Hammerhead. Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department. Retrieved on October 18, 2008. Compagno, L.J.V. (1984). Sharks of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization. pp. 548–549. ISBN 92-5-101384-5.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Acipenser transmontanus" in FishBase. November 2012 version. Acipenser transmontanus (J. Richardson, 1836) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ Kabasakal, Hakan (May 2009). "On the occurrence of the bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchidae), in the Sea of Marmara". Marine Biodiversity Records. 2: e110. doi:10.1017/S1755267209001018. ISSN 1755-2672.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2005). "Acipenser sturio" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.