List of longest fish

This list includes fish with reported maximum length more than 6 metres.

Rank  | Animal  | Scientific name  | Maximum length (m)  | Image  | Habitat

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1 | Whale shark | Rhincodon typus | 12.65 [1] |  |
2 | Basking shark | Cetorhinus maximus | 12.27 [2] |  |
3 | Giant oarfish | Regalecus glesne | 11[3] |  |
4 | Russell's oarfish | Regalecus russellii | 8[4] |  |
5 | Largetooth sawfish | Pristis pristis | 7.5[5] |  |
6 | Tiger shark | Galeocerdo cuvier | 7.4 [6] |  |
7 | Longcomb sawfish | Pristis zijsron | 7.3 [7] |  |
8 | Greenland shark | Somniosus microcephalus | 7.3 [8] |  |
9 | Beluga sturgeon | Huso huso | 7.2 [9] |  |
10 | Great white shark | Carcharodon carcharias | 7.1 (disputed) [10] [11] [12] |  |
11 | Pacific sleeper shark | Somniosus pacificus | 7 [13] |  |
12 | Common thresher shark | Alopias vulpinus | 6.5 [14] |  |
13 | Goblin shark | Mitsukurina owstoni | 6.2 [15] |  |
14 | Great hammerhead shark | Sphyrna mokarran | 6.1 [16] |  |
15 | White sturgeon | Acipenser transmontanus | 6.1 [17] |  |
16 | European sea sturgeon | Acipenser sturio | 6 [18] |  |

## See also[edit]

* List of largest fish
* Largest organisms

## References[edit]

1. ^ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
2. ^ Wood, Gerald (1983). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9.
3. ^ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
4. ^ "Regalecus russelii summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
5. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Pristis pristis" in FishBase. November 2017 version.
6. ^ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
7. ^ 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
8. ^ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
9. ^ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
10. ^ 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.
11. ^ "Ep. 10. A Bathing Accident - Transcript". Shark Files.
12. ^ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
13. ^ Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
14. ^ 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.
15. ^ 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.
16. ^ 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.
17. ^ 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.
18. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2005). "Acipenser sturio" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.