Sea Life
22 records
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01 / Sea Life $3 million Most expensive bluefin tuna sold at auction Kiyomura Corporation (Sushizanmai) · Toyosu Market, Koto, Tokyo, Japan See record ↗ -
02 / Sea Life 0.2 in Smallest fish Photocorynus spiniceps (adult male) · Philippine Sea, collected at 1,425 m depth See record ↗ -
03 / Sea Life 9,816 ft Deepest dive by a mammal Cuvier's beaked whale · Off southern California, United States See record ↗ -
04 / Sea Life 3 tons Heaviest bony fish Bump-head sunfish (Mola alexandrini) · Off Faial Island, Azores, Portugal See record ↗ -
05 / Sea Life 20′ 0.2″ Largest predatory fish Great white shark · Temperate offshore waters worldwide; Deep Blue was filmed near Guadalupe Island, Mexico See record ↗ -
06 / Sea Life 120 ft Largest jellyfish Arctic giant jellyfish (lion's mane jellyfish, Cyanea capillata arctica) · Massachusetts Bay, United States See record ↗ -
07 / Sea Life 44 lb Heaviest lobster caught American or North Atlantic lobster (*Homarus americanus*) caught off Nova Scotia · Off Nova Scotia, Canada See record ↗ -
08 / Sea Life 11 in Largest eye of any animal Giant squid (Architeuthis spp.) and colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis spp.) · New Zealand, for the 2007 colossal squid specimen; a comparable giant squid was caught off Hawaii in 1981. See record ↗ -
09 / Sea Life 750 lb Largest clam Giant clam (Tridacna gigas) specimen collected off Ishigaki Island · Off Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan See record ↗ -
10 / Sea Life 112 years Oldest known freshwater fish Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus), a female collected near Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, USA · Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, USA See record ↗ -
11 / Sea Life 22′ 5.7″ Largest seal Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), an individual bull · Possession Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic See record ↗ -
12 / Sea Life 32′ 1.8″ Largest dolphin Male killer whale (orca), identity not specified See record ↗ -
13 / Sea Life 2,663 lb Largest great white shark caught on rod and reel Alfred Dean · Off Ceduna, South Australia, Australia See record ↗ -
14 / Sea Life 222 minutes (3 hours 42 minutes) Longest dive by a mammal Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) · Waters off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States See record ↗ -
15 / Sea Life 22,825 ft Deepest octopus sighting Dumbo octopus (Grimpoteuthis) · Java Trench, Indian Ocean See record ↗ -
16 / Sea Life 157 lb Largest octopus Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) · North Pacific; the record specimen was measured by Canadian researchers. See record ↗ -
17 / Sea Life 12′ 1.3″ Largest crab by leg span Japanese giant spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) · Off the southeastern coast of Japan; the largest specimen was displayed at Sea Life Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands. See record ↗ -
18 / Sea Life 27,349 ft Deepest fish caught on the seafloor Pseudoliparis snailfish (species unknown) · Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
19 / Sea Life 507 years Longest-lived non-colonial animal Ming the ocean quahog clam · Off Iceland, North Atlantic See record ↗ -
20 / Sea Life 62 ft Largest fish Whale shark · Arabian Sea See record ↗ -
21 / Sea Life 236 decibels Loudest animal Sperm whale · Deep oceans worldwide See record ↗ -
22 / Sea Life 1,091 lb Heaviest squid Colossal squid · Ross Sea, Antarctica See record ↗
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