This list includes extant fish with reported maximum length more than 6 metres. Rank Animal Scientific name Maximum length Image Habitat 1 Whale shark Rhincodon typus (see Whale shark) 2 Basking shark Cetorhinus maximus Wood, Gerald (1983). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. p. 256. . 3 Giant oarfish Regalecus glesne Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. . 4 Russell's oarfish Regalecus russellii 5 Largetooth sawfish Pristis pristis Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Pristis pristis" in FishBase. November 2017 version. 6 Tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. . 7 Longcomb sawfish Pristis zijsron Simpfendorfer, C. (2013). "Pristis zijsron". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T39393A18620401. 8 Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. . 9 Beluga sturgeon Huso huso Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. . 10 Great white shark Carcharodon carcharias (disputed) Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. . 11 Pacific sleeper shark Somniosus pacificus Wood, Gerald L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. . 12 Common thresher shark Alopias vulpinus Compagno, L.J.V. (2002). Sharks of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date (Volume 2). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. pp. 86–88. . 13 Goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni 14 Great hammerhead shark Sphyrna mokarran Bester, Cathleen. Biological Profiles: Great Hammerhead. Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department. Retrieved on October 18, 2008. Compagno, L.J.V. (1984). Sharks of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization. pp. 548–549. . 15 White sturgeon Sinosturio transmontanus Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Acipenser transmontanus" in FishBase. November 2012 version. Acipenser transmontanus (J. Richardson, 1836) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved 11 November 2013.16Bluntnose sixgill sharkHexanchus griseus 17 European sea sturgeon Acipenser sturio Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2005). "Acipenser sturio" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.

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