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What is the largest existant fish species?
Whale shark.
What and is the biggest fish?
The largest known species of fish - is the Whale Shark.
Are whale sharks a fish or a mammal?
The whale shark is the largest living shark, therefore, the largest fish.
Is the whale shark real?
Yes it is. The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow-moving filter feeding shark and the largest extant fish species.
What is the largest fish specie called?
The whale shark which is actually not a shark but the largest fish
Is a basking shark a shark?
Yes it is. It's the worlds second largest fish. (A shark is a fish by the way). The worlds largest fish is also a shark, the whale shark. From the shark expert girl.
Where is the Location of biggest fish?
The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species. The shark is found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea.
Why isn't the whale shark the biggest mammal in the world?
It is the biggest shark, but sharks are fish, not mammals. The largest mammals are the true whales, including the blue whale, the largest species.
Is the whale shark the biggest mammal?
They aren't mammals. They are, however, the largest known species of living fish.
How long does a shark lives?
It depends on the species of Shark. Whale Sharks are the largest fish in the sea, and can live a VERY long time.
Are big fish and sharks the same?
Sword fish, Bluefin tuna and many other fish species are considered "big fish" or more accurately "big game fish" which are not sharks. Thought the largest fish in the ocean is the Whale shark, some shark species (e.g. dogfish, nurse shark, etc.) can be very small in size so not all sharks are "big fish".
Is whale shark is a whale?
Despite its name, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is not a whale; it is a shark. The whale shark is the largest known extant fish species, but it belongs to the class Chondrichthyes, which includes cartilaginous fish like sharks, rays, and skates. #thetruefacts2024
