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The world's biggest fish is a gentle giant that is bigger than a school bus. Answer:The whale shark is the world's biggest fish, maxing out at about 65 feet in length and weighing up to about 75,000 pounds. The second-largest fish is the basking shark, which grows to about 40 feet and 8,000 pounds.
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Late DevonianDunkleosteus skull, Queensland MuseumScientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataSubph ylum:VertebrataClass:PlacodermiOrder:ArthrodiraFa mily:DinichthyidaeGenus:Dunkleosteus Lehman, 1956SpeciesD. terrelli (Newberry, 1873) (type) D. marsaisi D. raveri D. amblyodoratus SynonymsPonerichthys
Dunkleosteus
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Measuring up to 10 metres (33 ft) Weighing 3.6 tonnes (4.0 short tons) Placed in the family Dinichthyidae Has a bite force of about 8000 pounds