The Earth's reservoirs hide the real giants - freshwater and marine fish, affecting their size. Some of them are not only completely safe for humans, but they are also an object of hunting, and it is better to stay away from others. We present to readers the top 10 of the largest fish in the world.
The giants include those fish, whose length is more than two meters, and the body weight exceeds 90 kilograms.
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Giant grouper or guasse 2,5 meters
Opens the top-10 of the world's largest fish giant grouper or guasian .Distributed in the tropical shallows of the Caribbean Sea, found on the coast of Brazil. The length is 2.5 meters. It feeds on fish, small sea turtles, octopus. Giant grouper refers to endangered species and is prohibited to catch. This had an effect - the population of these giant fish slowly, but increases. Since the grouper actively defends his territory, he can, defensively, attack a person and inflict serious wounds.
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Psephur or Chinese fold 3 meters
Psefur, or Chinese fold , living in the Yangtze River, is the largest freshwater fish from the class of ray-finned. The body length can reach three meters, and weight - 300 kilograms. There are reports that there are instances of up to 7 meters in length, but this information has not been documented.
Eats psefur crustaceans and small fish. Refers to endangered species, and is not found anywhere else in the wild. Ninth place in the list of underwater giants.
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Moon-fish 2 meters
Moon-fish is the largest and most amazing bone fish that inhabits the warm seas everywhere on Earth. You can meet her from the Kuril Islands to Iceland. It looks rather unusual: the body of the fish is compressed from the sides and resembles a giant disk. The skin is not covered with scales, but with small bony tubercles. The size of the fish is amazing - 2 meters in length. The weight can reach 1.5 tons. Officially, the largest specimen was 3 meters in length, but there is evidence that a fish moon larger than 4 meters was seen in the waters near Sydney.
Unlike many other 's biggest fish in the world , the fish-moon poses no danger to humans. On the contrary, it is the object of active fishing. Eighth place in our rating.
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Beluga 4.2 meters
The Beluga ranks seventh in the top 10 of the world's largest fish. This valuable freshwater fish is now on the verge of extinction. It lives in the Azov, Caspian and Black Seas. There are many evidence of the capture of giant belugas. In 1989, a fish with a length of 4.2 meters and weight per ton was caught on the Volga. Now her scarecrow is in the museum of the city of Astrakhan. Today, fishermen come across small specimens, although there are cases of catching belugas weighing 150-300 kilograms.
Beluga is a large predator, feeding mainly on fish.
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Giant freshwater ramp 4.5 meters
The giant freshwater ramp takes the sixth place in the top-10 of the largest fish in the world. Many people have heard of the sea slope, but much less is known about its smaller freshwater brethren. In length, the inhabitants of the rivers of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand reach 4.5 meters. Weight is on the average 450-500 kg. You can meet these giants in Australia, New Guinea and on the island of Borneo. For a person, they do not pose a great danger if properly treated.
Freshwater stingrays are armed with two large spikes located on the tail. One they hold prey, the second one is needed for injecting poison. When caught, the ramp is always actively waving its tail, defending itself, so when catching these giants you need to be extremely careful.
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Catfish 5 meters
Catfish is one of the largest freshwater fish and takes the fifth place in our rating. The body length of the fish can reach 5 meters, and weight - half a ton. It is an active river predator, leading a nocturnal life. It hunts fish, shellfish, shellfish. Especially large individuals can attack the bird and small animals. There are many stories related to the catfish attack on these people, but there is no documentary evidence for this. Although a large catfish is able to drag a man under the water, entangled in the gear.
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Blue Marlene 5 meters
Blue Marlene is one of the most beautiful and large marine fish in the world. Reaches an impressive size - 5 meters in length. In this case, about 20% of the length of the fish falls on its spear. Females are much larger than males. The habitat is the Atlantic Ocean. Marlin - a favorite object of sport fishing. Catch it is considered a great luck. In his famous novel "The Old Man and the Sea" Hemingway described the three-day struggle of the old fisherman and blue marlin. Fourth place in our rating.
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Belt-fish or herring king 11 meters
Belt-fish, or herring king is one of the of the most unusual and longest fish in the world .It dwells deep in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Often it is taken for a sea snake. It is not surprising - at a thickness of a trunk of only 5 centimeters the length of a fish can reach five and a half meters. According to some data, individuals were found about 17 meters in length. The largest documented specimen was 11 meters long. The second name is the herring king, the strap-fish was not accidental. It is often seen floating in the shoals of herring, and strongly elongated rays of the dorsal fin form on the head a kind of "crown".
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Large white sharks 6 meters
The largest and most dangerous sea predator is the large white sharks a. The average length of the specimen is about 4.6 meters, but there are instances exceeding 6 meters in length. The weight of such monsters can be more than two tons. There is a predator in all oceans and represents a great danger to humans. The white shark prefers coastal waters and often attacks bathing people and divers. Cases of attacks on boats are recorded. Hunt predator for large fish, dolphins, pinnipeds, sea turtles, birds. White shark refers to an endangered species - their population totals 3,500 individuals.
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Whale shark 10 meters
The undisputed leader of our ranking of the world's largest fish is the whale shark. The average length of the body is 10 meters, but there are individuals over 12 meters long. Scientists do not exclude the existence and larger specimens of whale sharks, reaching 18-20 meters in length. Despite its monstrous size, this sea predator does not represent a direct danger to humans, because it feeds on plankton. The whale shark is so calm that it allows divers to touch and even climb onto its back.
