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A large alligator gar, the largest freshwater fish in North America The largest of the gar, and the largest entirely freshwater fish in North America, is the alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula). The largest gar ever known, caught in Louisiana in 1925, was 3 m (9.8 ft) in length and weighed 137 kg (302 lb). [1] Anglerfish (Lophiiformes)
Rank Animal Scientific name Maximum length () Image Habitat 1: Whale shark: Rhincodon typus: 12.65 [1]: 2: Basking shark: Cetorhinus maximus: 12.27 [2]: 3: Giant oarfish
Oarfish that washed ashore on a Bermuda beach on 3 March 1860: the fish was 16 ft (4.9 m) long and described at the time as a sea serpent. [ 37 ] The slender oarfish, ( 竜 宮の使い "Ryūgū-No-Tsukai"), known in Japanese folklore as the 'Messenger from the Sea God's Palace ', is said to portend earthquakes . [ 27 ]
A fisherman in northern Cambodia hooked what researchers say is the world’s largest freshwater fish — a giant stingray that scientists know relatively little
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.
This species is the world's longest bony fish, reaching a record length of about 7–8 m (23–26 ft), and a maximum record weight of 272 kg (600 lbs). [3] Older, much longer estimates are now considered "very likely inaccurate". [ 11 ]
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft). [8] The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the most massive living non-cetacean animal.
JEREMY: "This is the biggest fish of my South American fishing career. A river monster as deadly as any beast of folklore." Like always, Jeremy tossed the fish back in the water.