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Much larger bony fish existed prehistorically, the largest ever known having been Leedsichthys of the Jurassic period. This species is certainly the largest bony fish ever and perhaps the largest non-cetacean marine animal to have ever existed. Estimates of the size of this fish range from 21 to 27 m (69 to 89 ft) and mass from 20 to 50 tons.
With these records, this specimen is currently regarded as the world's heaviest bony fish specimen. It exceeds by nearly half a ton (444 kg, 979 lb) the largest previously known specimen (2300 kg, 5070 lb), caught off Kamogawa, Japan in 1996. [23]
Largest specimen of Leedsichthys compared to other Pachycormid fish. Leedsichthys is the largest known member of the Osteichthyes or bony fishes. [20] The largest extant non-tetrapodomorph bony fish is the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, being with a weight of up to two tonnes an order of magnitude smaller than Leedsichthys.
Other common names include Pacific oarfish, king of herrings, ribbonfish, and streamer fish. R. glesne is the world's longest ray-finned fish . Its shape is ribbon-like, narrow laterally, with a dorsal fin along its entire length, stubby pectoral fins, and long, oar-shaped pelvic fins , from which its common name is derived. [ 3 ]
A fisherman in northern Cambodia hooked what researchers say is the world’s largest freshwater fish — a giant stingray that scientists know relatively little.
The ocean sunfish (Mola mola), also known as the common mola, is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It is the type species of the genus Mola, and one of five extant species in the family Molidae. [6] [7] It was once misidentified as the heaviest bony fish, which was actually a different and closely related species of sunfish, Mola ...
The giant fish was almost three-feet long, measuring 35.5 inches from the tip of its nose to the fork of its tail, according to officials. Its girth was measured as 30.75 inches.
The enormous fish blew the previous record, set in 1976, out of the water. Monster fish reeled in by angler may be biggest ever caught in Tennessee. Take a look