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[[File:Similan Dive Center – great whale shark.jpg|thumb|The [[whale shark]] is the largest extant fish]] |
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The largest fish of all time was likely ”Megalodon”.<ref name=”palaeo-electronica.org”>{{Cite journal |last1=Shimada |first1=Kenshu |last2=Motani |first2=Ryosuke |last3=Wood |first3=Jake J. |last4=Sternes |first4=Phillip C. |last5=Tomita |first5=Taketeru |last6=Bazzi |first6=Mohamad |last7=Collareta |first7=Alberto |last8=Gayford |first8=Joel H. |last9=Türtscher |first9=Julia |last10=Jambura |first10=Patrick L. |last11=Kriwet |first11=Jürgen |last12=Vullo |first12=Romain |last13=Long |first13=Douglas J. |last14=Summers |first14=Adam P. |last15=Maisey |first15=John G. |date=2025 |title=Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new evolutionary insights into its gigantism, life history strategies, ecology, and extinction |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=28 |issue=1 |page=1502 |doi=10.26879/1502|doi-access=free |pmid=40105087 |pmc=7617484 }}</ref> The largest living fish, as well as the largest living non-[[cetacean]] animal, is the [[whale shark]]. The largest individual had a length of {{cvt|18.8|m|ft|1}}.<ref name=”:1″>{{cite journal|author=McClain CR|author2= Balk MA|author3= Benfield MC|author4= Branch TA|author5= Chen C|author6= Cosgrove J|author7= Dove ADM|author8= Gaskins LC |author9= Helm RR|author10= Hochberg FG|author11= Lee FB|author12= Marshall A|author13= McMurray SE|author14= Schanche C|author15= Stone SN|author16= Thaler AD|year= 2015|title=Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna|journal=PeerJ|volume=3|article-number=e715 |doi=10.7717/peerj.715|doi-access= free|pmid= 25649000|pmc= 4304853}}</ref> |
The largest fish of all time was likely ”Megalodon”.<ref name=”palaeo-electronica.org”>{{Cite journal |last1=Shimada |first1=Kenshu |last2=Motani |first2=Ryosuke |last3=Wood |first3=Jake J. |last4=Sternes |first4=Phillip C. |last5=Tomita |first5=Taketeru |last6=Bazzi |first6=Mohamad |last7=Collareta |first7=Alberto |last8=Gayford |first8=Joel H. |last9=Türtscher |first9=Julia |last10=Jambura |first10=Patrick L. |last11=Kriwet |first11=Jürgen |last12=Vullo |first12=Romain |last13=Long |first13=Douglas J. |last14=Summers |first14=Adam P. |last15=Maisey |first15=John G. |date=2025 |title=Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new evolutionary insights into its gigantism, life history strategies, ecology, and extinction |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=28 |issue=1 |page=1502 |doi=10.26879/1502|doi-access=free |pmid=40105087 |pmc=7617484 }}</ref> The largest living fish, as well as the largest living non-[[cetacean]] animal, is the [[whale shark]]. The largest individual had a length of {{cvt|18.8|m|ft|1}}.<ref name=”:1″>{{cite journal|author=McClain CR|author2= Balk MA|author3= Benfield MC|author4= Branch TA|author5= Chen C|author6= Cosgrove J|author7= Dove ADM|author8= Gaskins LC |author9= Helm RR|author10= Hochberg FG|author11= Lee FB|author12= Marshall A|author13= McMurray SE|author14= Schanche C|author15= Stone SN|author16= Thaler AD|year= 2015|title=Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna|journal=PeerJ|volume=3|article-number=e715 |doi=10.7717/peerj.715|doi-access= free|pmid= 25649000|pmc= 4304853}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 13:53, 21 September 2025
The largest non-tetrapod fish of all time was likely Megalodon.[1] The largest living fish, as well as the largest living non-cetacean animal, is the whale shark. The largest individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft).[2]
- ^ Shimada, Kenshu; Motani, Ryosuke; Wood, Jake J.; Sternes, Phillip C.; Tomita, Taketeru; Bazzi, Mohamad; Collareta, Alberto; Gayford, Joel H.; Türtscher, Julia; Jambura, Patrick L.; Kriwet, Jürgen; Vullo, Romain; Long, Douglas J.; Summers, Adam P.; Maisey, John G. (2025). “Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new evolutionary insights into its gigantism, life history strategies, ecology, and extinction”. Palaeontologia Electronica. 28 (1): 1502. doi:10.26879/1502. PMC 7617484. PMID 40105087.
- ^ McClain CR; Balk MA; Benfield MC; Branch TA; Chen C; Cosgrove J; Dove ADM; Gaskins LC; Helm RR; Hochberg FG; Lee FB; Marshall A; McMurray SE; Schanche C; Stone SN; Thaler AD (2015). “Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna”. PeerJ. 3 e715. doi:10.7717/peerj.715. PMC 4304853. PMID 25649000.
