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
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	Pacific Sleeper Shark	Somniosus pacificus	7 [10]
11	Great white shark	Carcharodon carcharias	7 [11]
12	Common thresher shark	Alopias vulpinus	6.5 [12]
13	Goblin shark	Mitsukurina owstoni	6.2 [13]
14	Great hammerhead shark	Sphyrna mokarran	6.1 [14]
15	White sturgeon	Acipenser transmontanus	6.1 [15]
16	European sea sturgeon	Acipenser sturio	6 [16]

See also

• List of largest fish
• Largest organisms

References

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
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9. Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
10. Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
11. Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
12. 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.
13. Parsons, G.R.; Ingram, G.W.; Havard, R. (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
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2005). "Acipenser sturio" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.