List of largest fish
Largest extant fish

List of largest fish

Section Title: Largest extant fish
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Animal	Scientific name	Known maximum mass [tonnes]	Maximum length [m (ft)]	Image	Size comparison to human

1	Whale shark	Rhincodon typus	21.5	12.65 metres (41.5 ft)	-	-

2	Basking shark	Cetorhinus maximus	19	12.27 metres (40.3 ft)	-

3	Great white shark	Carcharodon carcharias	3.324	7 metres (23 ft)	-	-

4	Tiger shark	Galeocerdo cuvier	3.11	7.4 metres (24 ft)	-	-

5	Giant oceanic manta ray	Manta birostris	3.0	5 metres (16 ft)	-	-

6	Ocean sunfish	Mola mola	2.3	3.1 metres (10 ft)	-	-

6	Southern sunfish	Mola alexandrini	2.3	3.3 metres (11 ft)	-

8	Beluga sturgeon	Huso huso	2.072	7.2 metres (24 ft)	-

9	Sharptail mola	Masturus lanceolatus	2	3.0 metres (9.8 ft)	-

10	Hoodwinker sunfish	Mola tecta	1.87	2.4 metres (7.9 ft)	-

11	Reef manta ray	Manta alfredi	1.4	5.5 metres (18 ft)	Dharavandhoo Thila - Manata Black Pearl.JPG

12	Greenland shark	Somniosus microcephalus	1.397	7.3 metres (24 ft)	-	-

13	Megamouth shark	Megachasma pelagios	1.215	5.2 metres (17 ft)	-

14	Kaluga	Huso dauricus	1.140	5.6 metres (18 ft)	-

15	Giant devil ray	Mobula mobular	1.0	5.2 metres (17 ft)	-

Sentence(s)

The largest specimen, a Whale shark, weighed 21.5 tonnes.

final_sentence: The largest specimen, a Whale shark, weighed 21.5 tonnes.