1.
Fastest fish
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Sail fish (Istiphorus
platypterus): 109 km/hr
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2.
Heaviest Bony Fish
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Ocean sunfish is the
heaviest largest ever recorded 2.28 tonnes
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3.
Largest Fish (Meat Eating)
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Great white shark (the
man-eater). Average length up to 4.57 m.
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4.
Largest fish (plankton eating)
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Whale shark (Rhiniodon
typus)
Size: 18m weight: 39.5 tonnes
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5.
Largest fresh water fish
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Acipensor (Sturgeon)
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6.
Largest group of bony fishes
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Teleosts (Advanced ray
finned fishes)
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7.
Largest Indian carp
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Catla (Theila)
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8.
Largest sized shark
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Rhinodon (21 m)
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9.
Longest Bony Fish
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Russian sturgeon (Beluga)-
Length up to 8 m
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10.
Most advanced fish
|
Lung fishes
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11.
Most beautiful fish
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Zebra fish (Brachydenio
rerio)
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12.
Most common food fish
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Pomphret
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13.
Most common type of caudal fin in bony fish
|
Homocercal
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14.
Most dreadful shark
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Great white shark
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15.
Most Electric
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Electric eel (found in
South America). Can produce 400 to 500 volts.
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16.
Most primitive fish
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Climatius
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17.
Most venomous fish
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Stone fish (Synanceja
verrucosa), (foundin Indian and Pacific Oceans). Poison carried in spines can
cause a person's death within a few hours.
Pupper fish (Tetradon) is
also considered as most poisonous.
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18.
Slowest fish
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Dwarf Sea
horse(Hippocampus zosterae): 16m/hr
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19.
Smallest animal having vertebral column
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Gobby fish (1/2 inch
long)
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20.
Smallest fish
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Pygmy Goby (Pandaka
pygmaea; 8-10 mm)
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21.
Smallest shark
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Pygmy shark
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22.
Thickest skin among animals
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Whale shark
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