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How big is the largest freshwater fish discovered in the world and what is it?

The Chinese sturgeon is listed as a national first-class key protected species in the Wildlife Protection Law. It is the oldest vertebrate on earth and a descendant of the ancient stickleback, the common ancestor of fish. It has a history of more than 140 million years and is known as a living fossil. It is the largest and longest-lived freshwater fish. An adult Chinese sturgeon is more than 4 meters long, weighs more than 1,000 kilograms, and lives up to 100 years, ranking first among the 27 sturgeon species in the world.

How much is the largest fish?

The largest fish in the world is the whale shark, which can be up to 18 meters long and weigh up to 40,000 kilograms!