We came across the heaviest fish in the world during our works with stranded large animals in the Azores. Have a look at this magestic 3,60m tall and 6000 pounds fish.
Gomes-Pereira, J. N., Pham, C. K., Miodonski, J., Santos, M. A., Dionísio, G., Catarino, D., ... & Afonso, P. The heaviest bony fish in the world: a 2744 kg giant sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839) from the North Atlantic. Journal of fish biology.
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Well I do see fishermen catching this large wonderful creature just for sport ; dont we have a lot of great things in the Ocean being destroyed by man Buy do people kill just for the sport and who can get the largest fish or animal . PS you have a very unrespectable mouth
Why do fishermen killed these fish ? I dont think they are eatable and they are just a slow gentle fish ! It breaks my heart