The fastest fish in the world is able to outrun the car

In nature, a lot of amazing, sometimes even fantastic. Northern lights, salt caves, lakes in craters of volcanoes, perfectly clear symmetry of plants and insects, incredible mechanisms for protecting and camouflaging animals and many other mysterious phenomena amaze imagination. For example, the world's fastest fish live in the world's oceans. It can not compete with any land animal, even a cheetah.

Swordfish

It dredges the waters of the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at a speed close to 125 km / h. This means that she is able to overtake the car! Experts disagree about which fish are the fastest.

The swordbearer has a characteristic jaw in the form of a pointed sword up to 1.5 meters in length and a sickle-shaped tail. Many scientists believe that it is he who is the fastest fish on Earth. His body is long (without the nose-sword) reaches 4 m, it is without scales, but is covered with slightly rough skin. The weight of the fish is 350-400 kg, and it is so strong that it can attack even a shark. Color - gray-blue with different shades. Having very tasty meat, the fastest fish in the world is the object of active fishing.

Sailboat

This predator got its name for the large dorsal fin, which in its straightened out appearance looks very much like a sail. This amazing fin in height reaches one and a half meters. The sailboat straightens it at sharp turns, at a fright or at excitation. This fish lives in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It feeds on sardines, mackerels, anchovies, crustaceans and other small things. When spawning, almost 100 million mekoroks moss, a significant part of which goes to feed other inhabitants of the sea depths.

This fish is quite large: in length it grows more than 3 m and can weigh up to 100 kg. Having a streamlined elongated body with special grooves that significantly reduce friction against water, the sailboat is capable of developing a huge speed - over 105 km / h! Therefore, the sailboat rightly divides the title "the fastest fish in the world" with a swordfish. He is a desirable trophy of the fisherman, but the law requires the sailboat to be released after catching, so the interest in this fish is mostly athletic.

Marlin

He also claims to be the "fastest fish". There are blue or blue, black, striped and white marlin. It is known that black marlin is able to develop a speed simply huge, exceeding 95 km / h.

Marlins inhabit all oceans (except the Arctic). Together they hunt small fish. Several predators drive the jamb of sardines to the surface of the water, and the rest, jumping out and falling back into the sea, stifle the fish. A herd of 9-12 marliners per hour can catch a couple of tons of sardines. This large fish has an average length of 3-4 m, but recorded cases of catching marlin 5 m long and weighing more than 500 kg. Because of the spear-shaped elongated nose, these fish are sometimes identified with swordsmen, but this is a mistake.

Other sprinters

Fish wahoo, like marlin, can be carried at a speed of more than 90-95 km / h. Therefore, some sources also argue that it is the wahoo - the fastest fish in the world. It is ubiquitous in warm and temperate waters. The body has a thin, well streamlined, bluish-silver hue, with very beautiful blue stripes. Interestingly, after the death of the wahoo, these bands disappear. The length of the trunk is on average equal to or slightly more than 2 m. This fish weighs more than 80 kg. Hunts for a smaller fry, usually alone. Very tasty fish. It is interesting both for industrial catching and for sports fishing.

Fast swimmers are also tuna. They are able to reach speeds of over 70 km / h. Bluefin can reach a length of 3 m and weigh 150 kg. The habitat of this fish is very wide. Tunts move in jambs, feed on small animals. They are one of the most valuable and expensive commercial fish. Their meat contains a record amount of protein, phosphorus and vitamins. For this it is even called sea veal.

Another fish is capable of developing an incredibly high speed in pursuit of prey. It's a shark. She is just an ideal predator. To develop a speed over 62-65 km / h it allows a streamlined body shape in the form of a torpedo. The shark's mouth is full of sharp teeth, which are constantly updated throughout life. The length of the largest whale shark reaches 20 m, and it weighs up to 14 tons.

Some more champions

Four-winged flying fish. Accelerates to a speed of over 53 km / h. A characteristic feature is the presence of large pectoral and small posterior fins, resembling the wings of an airplane. The color is gray-blue. In length it grows to only half a meter. This fast fish has very tasty meat, so it is an object of fishing. Inhabits the warm waters of all four oceans. A distinctive feature is the ability to plan above the water surface for 30-40 seconds with a range of flight up to 200-300 meters. Flying fish feed on plankton and mollusks.

Tarpon is Atlantic - a large predatory fish of the Atlantic Ocean, which cuts water depths at a speed of 46-48 km / h. The average length is 2 meters, tarpon weighs an average of 50 kg. Tarpons of over 2 m in length and about 150 kg in weight were found in nature. Externally, the fish is like a large herring. The forward jaw gives it an aggressive look. Because of the scales of a well-pronounced silvery hue, it is called the silver king. The females of the tarpon are very prolific, they spawn up to 12 million eggs during the breeding season. This fish is a coveted sport trophy, but its meat, unfortunately, is not tasty.