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Species Species Worth Max length World record Depth zone Fight
Black Carp Mylopharyngodon piceus 301 5' 11" 154 lb Seabed Freshwater Data deficient
Convict Grouper Epinephelus septemfasciatus 298 5' 5" 132 lb Seabed Saltwater Data deficient
Warsaw Grouper Hyporthodus nigritus 297 7' 7" 440 lb Seabed Saltwater Critically endangered
Bull Shark Carcharhinus leucas 283 13' 1" 697 lb Seabed Brackish Vulnerable
African Red Snapper Lutjanus agennes 277 3' 11" 132 lb Seabed Brackish
Hapuku Polyprion oxygeneios 265 4' 11" 191 lb Seabed Saltwater Data deficient
Giant African Threadfin Polydactylus quadrifilis 264 6' 7" 122 lb Seabed Brackish
Atlantic Halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus 263 15' 5" 418 lb Seabed Saltwater
Angolan Kob Argyrosomus coronus 260 5' 11" 99 lb 3 oz Seabed Saltwater
Almaco Jack Seriola rivoliana 259 5' 3" 132 lb Seabed Saltwater
Beluga Sturgeon Huso huso 257 23' 7" 224 lb Seabed Anadromous Critically endangered
Giant Pacific Octopus Enteroctopus dofleini 257 9' 10" 156 lb Seabed Saltwater
Lemon Shark Negaprion brevirostris 256 11' 2" 405 lb Seabed Brackish Vulnerable
Spotted Knifejaw Oplegnathus punctatus 255 35.4" 15 lb 7 oz Seabed Saltwater
Dungat Grouper Epinephelus goreensis 254 4' 3" 55 lb 2 oz Seabed Saltwater Data deficient
Dusky Kob Argyrosomus japonicus 253 5' 11" 154 lb Seabed Brackish
White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus 251 20' 0" 468 lb Seabed Anadromous
Helicopter Catfish Wallago attu 250 7' 10" 48 lb 8 oz Seabed Freshwater Near threatened
Wreckfish Polyprion americanus 249 6' 11" 100 lb Seabed Saltwater Data deficient
Dogtooth Grouper Epinephelus caninus 248 5' 3" 66 lb 2 oz Seabed Saltwater Data deficient
White Steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus 247 6' 7" 66 lb 2 oz Seabed Saltwater Endangered
Greater Amberjack Seriola dumerili 246 6' 3" 163 lb Seabed Saltwater
Pacific Halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis 243 8' 10" 459 lb Seabed Saltwater
Great Snakehead Channa marulius 242 6' 0" 28 lb 11 oz Seabed Freshwater

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