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Very large: 1.5 to 4 m

Tuna, marlin, sturgeon, the larger sharks and rays. 27 fish.

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🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreStethacanthus Extinct Devonian-Carboniferous shark with a distinctive anvil-shaped dorsal fin.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1874

🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreWest Indian Ocean coelacanth Rare deep-sea fish with blue scales and limb-like fins.Ancient · Deep sea · 1938

WorldAnglerfish Ray-finned fish using a modified dorsal fin ray as a lure to catch prey.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1829

WorldGrenadiers Deep-sea gadiform fish with slender bodies and long tails, found globally in ocean depths.Other · Deep sea · 1765

WorldSlender snipe eel A deep-sea eel with a bird-like beak and extreme length.Eel · Open ocean

🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreGiant grenadier A large deep-sea rattail from the North Pacific.Other · Open ocean

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Stethacanthus: Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
West Indian Ocean coelacanth: sybarite48, CC BY 2.0, source
Anglerfish: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Grenadiers: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Slender snipe eel: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Giant grenadier: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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