Is the Whale shark or blue whale bigger? And that teels me what is the biggest fish on earth.
2007-02-10 03:54:10 · 7 answers · asked by dharmik S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The Whale Shark
The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a gentle and slow filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species. This distinctively-marked shark is the only member of its genus Rhincodon and its family, Rhincodontidae (called Rhinodontes before 1984), which is grouped into the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The shark is found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea. The species is believed to have originated about 60 million years ago.
2007-02-10 03:58:52 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The blue whale, but it's not a fish. As for the biggest fish, depends whether you mean the biggest individual, or biggest as a species. As far as I know, the biggest as a species is the whale shark (it is a shark right, not a whale).
2007-02-14 04:38:23 · answer #2 · answered by S N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The blue whale is larger than a whale shark, but it is not a fish. The longest known extant fish is the ribbon fish. The most massive known extant fish is the whale shark. So, the correct answer depends on your definiton of "biggest".
2007-02-10 21:36:59 · answer #3 · answered by dtbrantner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leedsichthys problematicus (this specimen's estimated length is 22 meters (72 feet)—almost twice as long as a whale shark, the largest fish swimming today )
2007-02-10 12:14:53 · answer #4 · answered by Serenity 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think it's the whale shark-according to the book of world records
2007-02-10 12:01:14 · answer #5 · answered by gagesmomm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whale shark
whale is not a fish - for the first answerer
2007-02-10 12:02:53 · answer #6 · answered by biowolf89 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
a whale lol, i don't know lol
2007-02-10 11:57:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋