WORLD RECORDS

DO YOU KNOW ?

The World's LONGEST fish? 1] Whale Shark [Rhincodon typus] - 20 m TL 2] King of Herrings [Regalecus glesne] - 11 m TL 3] Basking Shark [Cetorhinus maximus] - 9 m TL

The World's HEAVIEST fish? 1] Whale Shark [Rhincodon typus] - 20,000 kg 2] Basking Shark [Cetorhinus maximus] - 4,000 kg 3] Great White Shark [Carcharodon carcharias] - 3,400 kg

The World's FASTEST fish? 1] Black Marlin [Makaira indica] - 36.1 metre per sec 2] Swordfish [Xiphias gladius] - 24.86 metre per sec 3] Wahoo [Acanthocybium solandri] - 21.4 metre per sec

The World's OLDEST fish? 1] Shortraker Rockfish [Sebastes borealis] - 157 years 2] Orange Roughy [Hoplostethus altanticus] - 149 years 3] Warty Oreo [Allocyttus verrucosus] - 140 years

So....now you know...See you can catch one of them. Good luck!

Reference from FISHBASE

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