World Records of Fishes as Registered by FishBase:
10 Largest Fishes of the World Freshwater
Rank Name Scientific name Length (cm)
1 Whale shark Rhincodon typus 2,000 TL
2 Bignose fanskate Sympterygia acuta 1,495 TL
3 King of herrings Regalecus glesne 1,100 TL
4 Basking shark Cetorhinus maximus 900 TL
5 Giant manta Manta birostris 800 WD
6 Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus 800 NG
7 Great white shark Carcharodon carcharias 792 TL
8 Thintail thresher Alopias vulpinus 760 TL
9 Smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata 760 TL
10 Tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier 740 TL
10 Smallest Fishes of the World
Rank Name Scientific name Length (cm)
1 Plainchin dreamarm Leptacanthichthys gracilispinis 0.80 SL
2 Paedocypris progenetica 0.96 SL
3 Photocorynus spiniceps 1.00 TL
4 Trimmatom nanus 1.00 SL
5 Dwarf pygmy goby Pandaka pygmaea 1.10 SL
6 Okapi goby Lythrypnus okapia 1.11 SL
7 Eviota rubra 1.16 SL
8 Paedocypris micromegethes 1.16 SL
9 Linophryne argyresca 1.20 SL
10 Microcharacidium weitzmani 1.20 SL
10 Heaviest Fishes of the World
Rank Name Scientific name Weight (kg)
1 Whale shark Rhincodon typus 34,000
2 Basking shark Cetorhinus maximus 4,000
3 Great white shark Carcharodon carcharias 3,400
4 Giant manta Manta birostris 3,000
5 Ocean sunfish Mola mola 2,300
6 Beluga Huso huso 2,072
7 Sharptail mola Masturus lanceolatus 2,000
8 Kaluga Huso dauricus 1,000
9 White sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus 816
10 Tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier 808
10 Fastest Fishes of the World
Rank Name Scientific name Speed (m/s)
1 Black marlin Makaira indica 36.100
2 Swordfish Xiphias gladius 24.860
3 Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri 21.400
4 Atlantic blue marlin Makaira nigricans 20.800
5 Australian spotted mackerel Scomberomorus munroi 20.800
6 Yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares 20.460
7 Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda 12.126
8 Skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis 9.408
9 Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss 8.004
10 Sacramento pikeminnow Ptychocheilus grandis 6.720
10 Oldest Fishes of the World
Rank Name Scientific name Age (years)
1 Shortraker rockfish Sebastes borealis 157
2 Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus 149
3 Warty oreo Allocyttus verrucosus 140
4 Beluga Huso huso 118
5 Yelloweye rockfish Sebastes ruberrimus 118
6 Tiger rockfish Sebastes nigrocinctus 116
7 Shortspine thornyhead Sebastolobus alascanus 115
8 Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria 114
9 Redbanded rockfish Sebastes babcocki 106
10 Darkblotched rockfish Sebastes crameri 105
10 Highest Number of Eggs (Fecundity)
Rank Name Scientific name Fecundity
1 Greasy grouper Epinephelus tauvina 340,000,000
2 Black marlin Makaira indica 226,000,000
3 Indo-Pacific blue marlin Makaira mazara 98,900,000
4 Barramundi Lates calcarifer 47,700,000
5 Bastard halibut Paralichthys olivaceus 36,300,000
6 Red codling Pseudophycis bachus 30,000,000
7 American eel Anguilla rostrata 19,920,000
8 Japanese seaperch Lateolabrax japonicus 17,822,576
9 Turbot Psetta maxima 15,000,000
10 Alaska pollock Theragra chalcogramma 15,000,000
