Question

Largest fish is?
A) Whale
B) Whale Shark
C) Basking Shark
D) White Shark

Answer 1

The size of fishes varies greatly. Some fishes are tiny whereas some are huge and exceed in length and weight. The largest fishes are found in deep oceans.

Complete answer:
To answer this question, we must know about the size of the fishes given in the question.
The size of fishes varies greatly. Let us discuss the size of the fishes given in the question.

Whale- Whale is the largest aquatic mammal on earth. They are mostly found in every ocean. It can weigh upto 200 ton and the length can be around 100ft.
Whale Shark- It is the largest fish known in the world. It is a cartilaginous fish. Its size is around 20 meters in length and can weigh upto 60 tons. The commonly found whale sharks are around 12 meter long.
Basking Shark- It is a cartilaginous fish with the maximum size of around 12 meters. It is the second largest living fish.
White Shark- It is a cartilaginous fish also known as white pointer. Its maximum size is 23 meters.

Thus the correct answer is (B). Largest fish is the whale shark as the whale is not a fish. It is a mammal.

Note: Whale shark is found in open water of the tropical oceans. It is seen in waters whose temperature is above 21 ° C. They are slow moving, free swimming, filter feeders with large mouths. They live up to 130 years.