The longest fish ever caught was the Whale Shark. It was 41 feet (12 metres) long.
Whale sharks are much bigger than people.
Normally, whale sharks are 33 feet (10 metres) long. They weigh up to 15 tons.
Whale sharks will not eat people! Like other whales, the whale sharks eat plankton.
A whale shark swims very slow, only 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h). That is much slower than the sailfish. The sailfish is the fastest swimmer of all the fish - it can swim 68 mph (110 km/h).
The sailfish is much smaller than the whale shark. The sailfish grows to about 10 feet (3 metres) long.
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