Kind of fish eating a shark

[Hynerpeton]

What type of fish is this? Looks prehistoric!! 

http://videos.komando.com/watch/6231/viral-videos-gigantic-fish-swallows-shark-in-one-bite?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=tvkim&utm_content=2014-08-22-article-screen-shot-l

[brandem]

Hey that's a nice goliath grouper.  Not an uncommon feat for a big one, but the fishermen are kinda being twerps just dangling it there, but hey a fish has gotta eat.

[Gwangi]

Yup, goliath grouper. Not prehistoric at all actually, quite modern.

[stargatedalek]

now that would be an amazing experience

[Hynerpeton]

Yup, goliath grouper. Not prehistoric at all actually, quite modern.

May not be prehistoric, but sure looks it.

[SBell]

Yup, goliath grouper. Not prehistoric at all actually, quite modern.

May not be prehistoric, but sure looks it.

Seriously, there is nothing prehistoric about a grouper. They're just big. They have the regular ray fins and everything.

[Ultimatedinoking]

Yup, goliath grouper. Not prehistoric at all actually, quite modern.

May not be prehistoric, but sure looks it.

Seriously, there is nothing prehistoric about a grouper. They're just big. They have the regular ray fins and everything.

Biggest living bony fish, but ya, not "prehistoric".

[Yutyrannus]

Yup, goliath grouper. Not prehistoric at all actually, quite modern.

May not be prehistoric, but sure looks it.

Seriously, there is nothing prehistoric about a grouper. They're just big. They have the regular ray fins and everything.

Biggest living bony fish, but ya, not "prehistoric".

Isn't that the sunfish?

[Balaur]

It is the sunfish.

[Ultimatedinoking]

It is the sunfish.

It's a close tie.

[Yutyrannus]

It is the sunfish.

It's a close tie.

Atlantic goliath groupers can weigh up to 790 lbs. and sunfish can be 5100 lbs. That is not a close tie.

[Ultimatedinoking]

It is the sunfish.

It's a close tie.

Atlantic goliath groupers can weigh up to 790 lbs. and sunfish can be 5100 lbs. That is not a close tie.

I wasn't talking about weight.

[stargatedalek]

by length it is close to biggest, tied with a few others not just sunfish

[Ultimatedinoking]

by length it is close to biggest, tied with a few others not just sunfish

The length record holder is the oarfish.

[SBell]

by length it is close to biggest, tied with a few others not just sunfish

The length record holder is the oarfish.

So if it's not even close in length (oarfish @10m vs grouper @ 10feet--which is a neat set of numbers!) or weight (Mola) then it's a big fish that isn't a record-holder of any particular kind. Just to be clear.

[Ultimatedinoking]

by length it is close to biggest, tied with a few others not just sunfish

The length record holder is the oarfish.

So if it's not even close in length (oarfish @10m vs grouper @ 10feet--which is a neat set of numbers!) or weight (Mola) then it's a big fish that isn't a record-holder of any particular kind. Just to be clear.

The smallest is the dwarf Pygmy golby.

[SBell]

by length it is close to biggest, tied with a few others not just sunfish

The length record holder is the oarfish.

So if it's not even close in length (oarfish @10m vs grouper @ 10feet--which is a neat set of numbers!) or weight (Mola) then it's a big fish that isn't a record-holder of any particular kind. Just to be clear.

The smallest is the dwarf Pygmy golby.

That's...irrelevant?

Also, just to be a total pedant, it isn't even correct--the smallest vertebrate is the fish Paedocypris progenetica, a member of the carp family.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2006/jan/news_7501.html

But they do name check the goby, and the difference is admittedly slight.

[Ultimatedinoking]

by length it is close to biggest, tied with a few others not just sunfish

The length record holder is the oarfish.

So if it's not even close in length (oarfish @10m vs grouper @ 10feet--which is a neat set of numbers!) or weight (Mola) then it's a big fish that isn't a record-holder of any particular kind. Just to be clear.

The smallest is the dwarf Pygmy golby.

That's...irrelevant?

Also, just to be a total pedant, it isn't even correct--the smallest vertebrate is the fish Paedocypris progenetica, a member of the carp family.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2006/jan/news_7501.html

But they do name check the goby, and the difference is admittedly slight.

I thought the smallest vertebrate was a frog.

[SBell]

by length it is close to biggest, tied with a few others not just sunfish

The length record holder is the oarfish.

So if it's not even close in length (oarfish @10m vs grouper @ 10feet--which is a neat set of numbers!) or weight (Mola) then it's a big fish that isn't a record-holder of any particular kind. Just to be clear.

The smallest is the dwarf Pygmy golby.

That's...irrelevant?

Also, just to be a total pedant, it isn't even correct--the smallest vertebrate is the fish Paedocypris progenetica, a member of the carp family.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2006/jan/news_7501.html

But they do name check the goby, and the difference is admittedly slight.

I thought the smallest vertebrate was a frog.

That's apparently true--by 0.1mm!

[Ultimatedinoking]

by length it is close to biggest, tied with a few others not just sunfish

The length record holder is the oarfish.

So if it's not even close in length (oarfish @10m vs grouper @ 10feet--which is a neat set of numbers!) or weight (Mola) then it's a big fish that isn't a record-holder of any particular kind. Just to be clear.

The smallest is the dwarf Pygmy golby.

That's...irrelevant?

Also, just to be a total pedant, it isn't even correct--the smallest vertebrate is the fish Paedocypris progenetica, a member of the carp family.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2006/jan/news_7501.html

But they do name check the goby, and the difference is admittedly slight.

I thought the smallest vertebrate was a frog.

That's apparently true--by 0.1mm!

That point one mm makes all the difference!