🐟Giant oarfish
Fisken sildekonge (Regalecus glesne) er en sjældent set fisk og menes at være verdens længste benfisk. Den blev første gang beskrevet af Peter Ascanius i 1770. Sildekongen er lang, op til 8 m og med en vægt på op til 272 kg. Det menes, at den kan være en af årsagerne til myten om søslanger. Sildekongen er uskadelig for mennesker. Da sildekongens fiskekød er geléagtigt, anses den ikke som en god spisefisk.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 272 kg
- Body length
- 3 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Giant oarfish
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass272 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length3 mrecord 8 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Trophic level3.2FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.2 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l272 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Giant oarfish yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderLampriformes
- ›familyRegalecidae
- ›genusRegalecus
- ›speciesRegalecus glesne
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- orderLampriformes
- familyRegalecidae
- genusRegalecus
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- orderLampriformes
- familyRegalecidae
- genusRegalecus
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