Top Ten Fish Species of Planet Earth

1 Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. It is notable for its size, with larger female individuals growing to 6.1 ...read more.

2 Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) Coelacanths are lobe-fin fish that have lived more than 70 million years ago. Two kinds are still around today, swimming in the deep waters of the Indian Ocean.

3 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

4 Big-belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)

5 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

6 Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)

7 Giant devilray (Mobula mobular)

8 Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)

9 Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)

10 Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)

The Contenders

11 Common skate (Dipturus batis)

12 Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)

13 Black Marlin (Istiompax indica)

14 Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)

15 Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

16 Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) The whale shark is the world's largest living shark as well as the largest living fish. Whale sharks grow up to 45 ft. (13.7 m) long, and can weigh as much as 13 tons (11.6 tonnes). Their mouths alone are a whopping 6 ft. (1.8 m) across-big enough to gulp down three percent of their body weight in food ...read more.