The fastest land animal on earth is the cheetah, capable of speeds of over 100 km / h. But some marine inhabitants have no less speed and dexterity.
Readers are presented the fastest fish in the world - top 10.
10. Atlantic Tarpon | Speed up to 50 km / h
Atlantic tarpon opens the top ten fastest fish in the world, which is capable of speeds in water up to 50 km / h. Tarpon has a peculiar appearance and slightly resembles a large herring. In search of food, tarpon can travel huge distances in a week. Food is served by various mollusks, crustaceans, fry of other fish species, which prefer smaller habitats and walk closer to the surface of the water.
9. Tiger Shark | Speed up to 53 km / h
Tiger shark It is one of the most dangerous and fastest marine inhabitants with a maximum speed of 53 km / h. It is also one of the largest modern sharks with a body length of up to 5 meters. Active predators and beautiful swimmers, tiger sharks usually slowly patrol the territory, making subtle movements, but they become fast and mobile, smelling food. During an attack or flight, they are able to instantly develop high speed. Tiger sharks are found off the coast, mainly in tropical and subtropical waters around the world.
8. Albula | Speed up to 60 km / h
Albula ranks eighth in the list of the fastest fish in the world with a maximum speed of 60 km / h. This is a predatory fish found in the waters of tropical and subtropical seas. The size of a large individual can reach 1 meter in length, and weight up to 9 kilograms. Most of the marine life is used as a catch for sport fishing.
7. Swordfish | Speed up to 65 km / h
Swordfish able to move in water at a speed of 65 km / h, which allows her to carry the title of one of the fastest fish in the world. It got its name due to the very elongated and flattened upper jaw, which has the shape of a pointed sword and makes up to a third of the length of the whole fish. The ventral fins of the swordfish are absent, and the tail has a lunar shape, immediately showing the high speed qualities of its owner. As for the dimensions of the marine life, it can reach 4.55 m in length and weighs 650 kg. A swordfish is found in the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans; it is found singly in the Black and Azov Seas, where it appears only in summer. It is the subject of fishing, mainly the pelagic tier, and a valuable trophy for sport fishing - trolling fishing. No human attacks were recorded until May 2015, when a Hawaiian swordfish attacked the skipper of a fishing boat, Rancy Llaines, who harped her. A sword pierced the chest, and the man died.
6. Blue Shark | Speed up to 69 km / h
Blue shark - one of the fastest marine predators with a maximum speed of 69 km / h. Large predatory fish are found and far from the coast, in the oceanic expanses, and near the coastline. But it’s more common to see these fish in the open sea, as part of the convoy of ocean vessels and liners, so the blue shark is considered mainly pelagic fish. Perhaps this is one of the most numerous species among sharks of the oceans, along with such common predators as herring and salmon sharks.
5. Southern Bluefin Tuna | Speed up to 74 km / h
Southern Bluefin Tuna with a swimming speed of 74 km / h it occupies the fifth line in the rating of the fastest fish in the world. Pacific bluefin tuna are in constant motion. When they stop, their breathing is difficult, because the gill covers open in accordance with the transverse movements of the body left and right. Water through an open mouth passes into the gill cavity only on the move. These are schooling pelagic fish that make long migrations. Sometimes they form shoals with tuna of other species, similar in size, to long-feathers, yellow-feathers, big-eyed, striped, etc. The diet is diverse and depends on the food supply in the feeding areas. Its basis is composed of schooling pelagic fish that live near the surface of the water.
4. Yellow Tuna | Speed up to 75 km / h
Yellow tuna - one of the fastest fish in the world with a speed of 75 km / h. The marine predator is primarily distinguished by its huge size, it is capable of reaching two and a half meters and weighing 200 kilograms. He received his nickname for the corresponding color, his body is painted in blue and gray, and along the back there are longitudinal lines of yellow-white color. There are 20 such lines in all. The anal fin of this type of tuna is also colored bright yellow. A long sunny strip also passes along the sides, however, in some individuals, it is absent. Yellowfin tuna lives mainly in schools, it feeds on squid, small fish and various crustaceans.
3. Striped marlin | Speed up to 77 km / h
Striped marlin opens the top three fastest fish in the world with a speed of movement in water up to 77 km / h. It got its name due to the well-pronounced transverse striping of the body. It is extremely rare in the equatorial zone, undertakes significant migrations, during which this fish moves to higher latitudes in the warm season and returns to the warm-water areas of the range in winter. The predator feeds mainly on squid, fish and crustaceans.
2. Horse mackerel | Speed up to 80 km / h
Horse mackerel ranks second in the ranking of the fastest fish in the world. A marine animal is able to develop an impressive speed when swimming, which is equal to 80 km / h. High speed plays a very important role for horse mackerel, because it is a predator and this helps it to overtake its prey in a short time. It is a school of fish, which, moving in the water column, forms schools. It lives in warm waters within the continental shelf, often close to the coast. Propagated in the warm season. It feeds on plankton and small fish, sometimes benthic invertebrates.
1. Sailboat | Speed over 100 km / h
Sailboat - the fastest fish in the world, which is capable of speeds of over 100 km / h. During a series of tests conducted in one of the fishing camps, the sailboat sailed 91 m in 3 s, which is equivalent to a speed of 109 km / h. Unlike the overwhelming majority of bony fish, sailfish and related species of the families of the sailfish and swarms effectively use turbulence, that is, water flows around the body not in layers, as in laminar motion, but forming rapid turbulences that help them reduce water resistance. The far-reaching pointed outgrowths of the upper and lower jaw allow one to achieve the effect of turbulence at lower speeds. When sailing fast, the sail folds and retracts into a special recess on the back. Anal and long abdominal fins are also hidden. With sharp turns at high speed, the fins rise sharply. Sometimes sailboats drift slowly at the surface of the water with their sail fully extended, protruding above the water.