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Largest Fish in the World by Weight
This is a list of the largest fish in the world sorted by estimated weight. 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 weight | |||||||
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| List compiled by Rodney Rountree, http://www.fishecology.org | |||||||
| Name | Species | Length (m) | Weight (kg) | Length (ft) | Weight (lbs) | Alternate max | Habitat |
| Whale shark | Rhincodon typus | 20 | 34000 | 66 | 74957 | Marine | |
| Basking shark | Cetorhinus maximus | 9.8 | 4000 | 32 | 8818 | 9900 | Marine |
| Great White shark | Carcharodon carcharias | 7.92 | 3400 | 26 | 7496 | 5000 | Marine |
| Giant Manta ray | Manta birostris | 9.1 | 3000 | 30 | 6614 | 3100 | Marine |
| Ocean Sunfish | Mola mola | 3.33 | 2300 | 11 | 5071 | Marine | |
| Beluga | Huso huso | 5 | 2072 | 16 | 4568 | Anadromous | |
| Sharptail sunfish | Masturus lanceolatus | 3.37 | 2000 | 11 | 4409 | Marine | |
| Kaluga | Huso dauricus | 5.6 | 1000 | 18 | 2205 | Anadromous | |
| Indo-pacific marlin | Makaira mazara | 5 | 906 | 16 | 1997 | Marine | |
| Blue marlin | Makaira nigricans | 5 | 820 | 16 | 1808 | Marine | |
| White sturgeon | Acipenser transmontanus | 6.1 | 816 | 20 | 1799 | Anadromous | |
| Tiger shark | Galeocerdo cuvier | 7.5 | 804 | 25 | 1773 | Marine | |
| Greenland shark | Somniosus microcephalus | 7.3 | 775 | 24 | 1709 | Marine | |
| Megamouth shark | Megachasma pelagios | 5.49 | 750 | 18 | 1653 | Marine | |
| Black marlin | Makaira indica | 4.65 | 750 | 15 | 1653 | Marine | |
| Atlantic bluefin tuna | Thunnus thynnus | 4.58 | 685 | 15 | 1510 | Marine | |
| Large tooth sawfish | Pristis microdon | 7 | 600 | 23 | 1323 | Marine | |
| Freshwater whipray | Himantura chaophraya | 2.4 | 600 | 8 | 1323 | Fresh water | |
| Large-tooth sawfish | Pristis perotteti | 6.5 | 596 | 21 | 1314 | Marine | |
| Shortfin mako | Isurus oxyrinchus | 4 | 505.6 | 13 | 1115 | Marine | |
| Great hammerhead | Sphyrna mokarran | 6.1 | 449.5 | 20 | 991 | Marine | |
| Striped marlin | Tetrapturus audax | 4.2 | 440 | 14 | 970 | Marine | |
| Smooth hammerhead | Sphyrna zygaena | 5 | 400 | 16 | 882 | Marine | |
| European sturgeon | Acipenser sturio | 5 | 400 | 16 | 882 | Anadromous | |
| Atlantic sturgeon | Acipenser oxyrinchus | 4.3 | 368 | 14 | 811 | Anadromous | |
| Bigeye thresher | Alopias superciliosus | 4.88 | 364 | 16 | 802 | Marine | |
| Small tooth sawfish | Pristis pectinata | 7.6 | 350 | 25 | 772 | Marine | |
| Chilean devil ray | Mobula tarapacana | 3.28 | 350 | 11 | 772 | Marine | |
| Mekong giant catfish | Pangasianodon gigas | 3 | 350 | 10 | 772 | Fresh water | |
| Thintail thresher shark | Alopias vulpinus | 7.6 | 348 | 25 | 767 | Marine | |
| Dusky shark | Carcharhinus obscurus | 4.2 | 346.5 | 14 | 764 | Marine | |
| Silky shark | Carcharhinus falciformis | 3.5 | 346 | 11 | 763 | Marine | |
| Bull shark | Carcharhinus leucas | 3.5 | 316.5 | 11 | 698 | Marine | |
| Wels catfish | Silurus glanis | 5 | 306 | 16 | 675 | Fresh water | |
| Copper shark | Carcharhinus brachyurus | 3.25 | 304.6 | 11 | 672 | Marine | |
| Giant barb | Catlocarpio siamensis | 3 | 300 | 10 | 661 | Fresh water | |
| Giant pangasius | Pangasius sanitwongsei | 3 | 300 | 10 | 661 | Fresh water | |
| Chinese swordfish | Psephurus gladius | 3 | 300 | 10 | 661 | Fresh water | |
| King of Herring | Regalecus glesne | 11 | 272 | 36 | 600 | Marine | |
| Spotted eagle ray | Aetobatus narinari | 3.3 | 230 | 11 | 507 | Marine | |
| Giant guitarfish | Rhynchobatus djiddensis | 3.1 | 227 | 10 | 500 | Marine | |
| Blue shark | Prionace glauca | 4 | 205.9 | 13 | 454 | Marine | |
| Arapaima | Arapaima gigas | 4.5 | 200 | 15 | 441 | Fresh water | |
| Kumakuma | Brachyplatystoma filamentosum | 3.6 | 200 | 12 | 441 | Fresh water | |
| Nile Perch | Lates niloticus | 2 | 200 | 7 | 441 | Fresh water | |
| Amur sturgeon | Acipenser schrenckii | 3 | 190 | 10 | 419 | Anadromous | |
| Lemon shark | Negaprion brevirostris | 3.4 | 183.7 | 11 | 405 | Marine | |
| Bignose shark | Carcharhinus altimus | 3 | 168 | 10 | 370 | Marine | |
| Silvertip shark | Carcharhinus albimarginatus | 3 | 162 | 10 | 357 | Marine | |
| Scalloped hammerhead | Sphyrna lewini | 4.3 | 152 | 14 | 335 | Marine | |
| Alligator gar | Atractosteus spatula | 3.05 | 137 | 10 | 302 | Fresh water | |
| Spinner shark | Carcharhinus brevipinna | 3 | 89.7 | 10 | 198 | Marine | |
| Galapagos shark | Carcharhinus galapagensis | 3.7 | 85.5 | 12 | 188 | Marine | |
| Caribbean reef shark | Carcharhinus perezii | 3 | 69.6 | 10 | 153 | Marine | |
| Soldatov's catfish | Silurus soldatovi | 4 | 40 | 13 | 88 | Fresh water | |
| Common sawfish | Pristis pristis | 7.5 | 25 | Marine | |||
| Longcomb sawfish | Pristis zijsron | 7.3 | 24 | Marine | |||
| Pacific sleeper shark | Somniosus pacificus | 7 | 23 | Marine | |||
| Devil Fish | Mobula mobular | 5.2 | 17 | Marine | |||
| Longfin mako | Isurus paucus | 4.17 | 14 | Marine | |||
| Sicklefin lemon shark | Negaprion acutidens | 3.8 | 12 | Marine | |||
| Pelagic thresher | Alopias pelagicus | 3.47 | 11 | Marine | |||
| Spintail Manta ray | Mobula japanica | 3.1 | 10 | Marine | |||
| Whitefin hammerhead | Sphyrna couardi | 3 | 10 | Marine | |||
| Yellowtail catfish | Pangasius pangasius | 3 | 10 | Fresh water |
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