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Largest Fish in the World by Density
This is a list of the largest fish in the world sorted by how robust they are (weight/length). Fish among the largest due to any one of these
measures of length, weight, or density are included. Note that some of the smaller fish are on
the list because they are one of the 13 largest freshwater fishes.
Go to the table sorted by length
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Go to the table of largest Freshwater fish sorted by weight
| Largest fish in the world sorted by "robustness" (weight/length) | |||||||
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| List compiled by Rodney Rountree, http://www.fishecology.org | "Robustness" | ||||||
| Name | Species | Length (m) | Weight (kg) | Length (ft) | Weight (lbs) | kg/m | Habitat |
| Whale shark | Rhincodon typus | 20 | 34000 | 66 | 74957 | 1700 | Marine |
| Ocean Sunfish | Mola mola | 3.33 | 2300 | 11 | 5071 | 691 | Marine |
| Sharptail sunfish | Masturus lanceolatus | 3.37 | 2000 | 11 | 4409 | 593 | Marine |
| Great White shark | Carcharodon carcharias | 7.92 | 3400 | 26 | 7496 | 429 | Marine |
| Beluga | Huso huso | 5 | 2072 | 16 | 4568 | 414 | Anadromous |
| Basking shark | Cetorhinus maximus | 9.8 | 4000 | 32 | 8818 | 408 | Marine |
| Giant Manta ray | Manta birostris | 9.1 | 3000 | 30 | 6614 | 330 | Marine |
| Freshwater whipray | Himantura chaophraya | 2.4 | 600 | 8 | 1323 | 250 | Fresh water |
| Indo-pacific marlin | Makaira mazara | 5 | 906 | 16 | 1997 | 181 | Marine |
| Kaluga | Huso dauricus | 5.6 | 1000 | 18 | 2205 | 179 | Anadromous |
| Blue marlin | Makaira nigricans | 5 | 820 | 16 | 1808 | 164 | Marine |
| Black marlin | Makaira indica | 4.65 | 750 | 15 | 1653 | 161 | Marine |
| Atlantic bluefin tuna | Thunnus thynnus | 4.58 | 685 | 15 | 1510 | 150 | Marine |
| Megamouth shark | Megachasma pelagios | 5.49 | 750 | 18 | 1653 | 137 | Marine |
| White sturgeon | Acipenser transmontanus | 6.1 | 816 | 20 | 1799 | 134 | Anadromous |
| Shortfin mako | Isurus oxyrinchus | 4 | 505.6 | 13 | 1115 | 126 | Marine |
| Mekong giant catfish | Pangasianodon gigas | 3 | 350 | 10 | 772 | 117 | Fresh water |
| Tiger shark | Galeocerdo cuvier | 7.5 | 804 | 25 | 1773 | 107 | Marine |
| Chilean devil ray | Mobula tarapacana | 3.28 | 350 | 11 | 772 | 107 | Marine |
| Greenland shark | Somniosus microcephalus | 7.3 | 775 | 24 | 1709 | 106 | Marine |
| Striped marlin | Tetrapturus audax | 4.2 | 440 | 14 | 970 | 105 | Marine |
| Nile Perch | Lates niloticus | 2 | 200 | 7 | 441 | 100 | Fresh water |
| Giant barb | Catlocarpio siamensis | 3 | 300 | 10 | 661 | 100 | Fresh water |
| Giant pangasius | Pangasius sanitwongsei | 3 | 300 | 10 | 661 | 100 | Fresh water |
| Chinese swordfish | Psephurus gladius | 3 | 300 | 10 | 661 | 100 | Fresh water |
| Silky shark | Carcharhinus falciformis | 3.5 | 346 | 11 | 763 | 99 | Marine |
| Copper shark | Carcharhinus brachyurus | 3.25 | 304.6 | 11 | 672 | 94 | Marine |
| Large-tooth sawfish | Pristis perotteti | 6.5 | 596 | 21 | 1314 | 92 | Marine |
| Bull shark | Carcharhinus leucas | 3.5 | 316.5 | 11 | 698 | 90 | Marine |
| Large tooth sawfish | Pristis microdon | 7 | 600 | 23 | 1323 | 86 | Marine |
| Atlantic sturgeon | Acipenser oxyrinchus | 4.3 | 368 | 14 | 811 | 86 | Anadromous |
| Dusky shark | Carcharhinus obscurus | 4.2 | 346.5 | 14 | 764 | 83 | Marine |
| Smooth hammerhead | Sphyrna zygaena | 5 | 400 | 16 | 882 | 80 | Marine |
| European sturgeon | Acipenser sturio | 5 | 400 | 16 | 882 | 80 | Anadromous |
| Bigeye thresher | Alopias superciliosus | 4.88 | 364 | 16 | 802 | 75 | Marine |
| Great hammerhead | Sphyrna mokarran | 6.1 | 449.5 | 20 | 991 | 74 | Marine |
| Giant guitarfish | Rhynchobatus djiddensis | 3.1 | 227 | 10 | 500 | 73 | Marine |
| Spotted eagle ray | Aetobatus narinari | 3.3 | 230 | 11 | 507 | 70 | Marine |
| Amur sturgeon | Acipenser schrenckii | 3 | 190 | 10 | 419 | 63 | Anadromous |
| Wels catfish | Silurus glanis | 5 | 306 | 16 | 675 | 61 | Fresh water |
| Bignose shark | Carcharhinus altimus | 3 | 168 | 10 | 370 | 56 | Marine |
| Kumakuma | Brachyplatystoma filamentosum | 3.6 | 200 | 12 | 441 | 56 | Fresh water |
| Lemon shark | Negaprion brevirostris | 3.4 | 183.7 | 11 | 405 | 54 | Marine |
| Silvertip shark | Carcharhinus albimarginatus | 3 | 162 | 10 | 357 | 54 | Marine |
| Blue shark | Prionace glauca | 4 | 205.9 | 13 | 454 | 51 | Marine |
| Small tooth sawfish | Pristis pectinata | 7.6 | 350 | 25 | 772 | 46 | Marine |
| Thintail thresher shark | Alopias vulpinus | 7.6 | 348 | 25 | 767 | 46 | Marine |
| Alligator gar | Atractosteus spatula | 3.05 | 137 | 10 | 302 | 45 | Fresh water |
| Arapaima | Arapaima gigas | 4.5 | 200 | 15 | 441 | 44 | Fresh water |
| Scalloped hammerhead | Sphyrna lewini | 4.3 | 152 | 14 | 335 | 35 | Marine |
| Spinner shark | Carcharhinus brevipinna | 3 | 89.7 | 10 | 198 | 30 | Marine |
| King of Herring | Regalecus glesne | 11 | 272 | 36 | 600 | 25 | Marine |
| Caribbean reef shark | Carcharhinus perezii | 3 | 69.6 | 10 | 153 | 23 | Marine |
| Galapagos shark | Carcharhinus galapagensis | 3.7 | 85.5 | 12 | 188 | 23 | Marine |
| Soldatov's catfish | Silurus soldatovi | 4 | 40 | 13 | 88 | 10 | Fresh water |
| Common sawfish | Pristis pristis | 7.5 | 25 | 0 | Marine | ||
| Longcomb sawfish | Pristis zijsron | 7.3 | 24 | 0 | Marine | ||
| Pacific sleeper shark | Somniosus pacificus | 7 | 23 | 0 | Marine | ||
| Devil Fish | Mobula mobular | 5.2 | 17 | 0 | Marine | ||
| Longfin mako | Isurus paucus | 4.17 | 14 | 0 | Marine | ||
| Sicklefin lemon shark | Negaprion acutidens | 3.8 | 12 | 0 | Marine | ||
| Pelagic thresher | Alopias pelagicus | 3.47 | 11 | 0 | Marine | ||
| Spintail Manta ray | Mobula japanica | 3.1 | 10 | 0 | Marine | ||
| Whitefin hammerhead | Sphyrna couardi | 3 | 10 | 0 | Marine | ||
| Yellowtail catfish | Pangasius pangasius | 3 | 10 | 0 | Fresh water |
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