Top 10 Largest Fish

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photo credit:Largetooth Sawfish by fsamuels 80x15

Largetooth sawfish

Longest record
700cm
Scientific name
Pristis microdon microdon
Taxonomy
Family:Pristidae
Genus:Pristis
Range
Tropical to subtropical Indian Ocean and the Pacific

9th


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Pacific sleeper shark

Longest record
700cm or more
Scientific name
Somniosus pacificus
Taxonomy
Family:Somniosidae
Genus:Somniosus
Range
North Pacific
8th


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Great white shark

Longest record
700cm or more
Scientific name
Carcharodon carcharias
Taxonomy
Family:Lamnidae
Genus:Carcharodon
Range
Tropical to subarctic ocean
7th


photo credit:Megamouth shark2 by FLMNH Ichtyology 80x15

Megamouth shark

Longest record
709cm
Scientific name
Megachasma pelagios
Taxonomy
Family:Megachasmidae
Genus:Megachasma
Range
Tropical to subarctic ocean
6th


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Greenland shark

Longest record
730cm
Scientific name
Somniosus microcephalus
Taxonomy
Family:Somniosidae
Genus:Somniosus
Range
North Atlantic Ocean
5th


photo credit:Tiger Shark by Oregon State University 80x15

Tiger shark

Longest record
740cm
Scientific name
Galeocerdo cuvier
Taxonomy
Family:Carcharhinidae
Genus:Galeocerdo
Range
Tropical to subarctic ocean
4th


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Common thresher

Longest record
760cm
Scientific name
Alopias vulpinus
Taxonomy
Family:Alopiidae
Genus:Alopias
Range
Tropical to subarctic ocean
3rd

Oarfish

Longest record
1100cm
Scientific name
Regalecus glesne
Taxonomy
Family:Regalecidae
Genus:Regalecus
Range
Deep sea all over the world
2nd

Basking shark

Longest record
1227cm
Scientific name
Cetorhinus maximus
Taxonomy
Family:Cetorhinidae
Genus:Cetorhinus
Range
Temperate to subarctic sea
1st

Whale Shark

Longest record
1370cm
Scientific name
Rhincodon typus
Taxonomy
Family:Rhincodontidae
Genus:Rhincodon
Range
Tropical to temperate ocean
Reference ranking

Manta ray

Maximum width
800cm
Scientific name
Manta birostris
Taxonomy
Family:Myliobatidae
Genus:Manta
Range
Tropical ocean

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