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🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreGiant grenadier
A large deep-sea rattail from the North Pacific.Other · Open ocean
WorldGiant oceanic manta ray
The world's largest ray, a massive filter-feeding predator of tropical oceans.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1827
Southeast AsiaGiant snakehead
A large freshwater predator from Southeast Asia known for air breathing and invasive potential.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldGiant oarfish
The world's longest ray-finned fish, known for its ribbon-like body and crimson crest.Other · Open ocean · 1772
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreWhale shark
The largest living fish species, a gentle giant of tropical oceans.Shark · Open ocean · 1829
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreArapaima
Large freshwater fish from the Amazon basin known for its size and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
WorldMegalodon
Extinct giant mackerel shark from the Miocene to Pliocene epochs.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1843
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese paddlefish
A giant freshwater predator from China that is now extinct.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1862
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreLeedsichthys
Extinct Jurassic giant filter-feeding fish, the largest known bony fish.Ancient · Open ocean · 1889
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreArapaima
Giant air-breathing freshwater fish of the AmazonOther · Rivers and lakes · 1822
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreMawsonia
Extinct giant coelacanth from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1907
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreTambaqui
A large freshwater fish from South America known for its heavy body and seed-eating habits.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldOarfish
Extremely long pelagic fish known for their ribbon-like bodies and association with sea serpent myths.Other · Open ocean · 1772
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Megalodon: Géry PARENT, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mawsonia: Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tambaqui: w_endo, CC0, source
- Giant oceanic manta ray: jon hanson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Whale shark: User:Zac Wolf (original), en:User:Stefan (cropping), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Arapaima: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Giant snakehead: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
- Chinese paddlefish: Muséum d'histoire Naturelle, Public domain, source
- Leedsichthys: Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0, source
- Arapaima: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
- Oarfish: Sandstein, CC BY 3.0, source
- Giant grenadier: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source