Fish Facts

Here is a list of fun fish facts. Read on, memorize and amaze your friends or family members with these interesting facts about fishes!

• Fishes are cold-blooded animal which lives and breathes in water.

• Most fish have a skeleton made of bone but some, like sharks, have a skeleton made of cartilage.

• The largest fish in the world is the whale shark, which can grow up to 41 feet long.
  

  Most brands of lipstick contain fish scales.

• Most fish are counter shaded: darker on top, gradually lighter or silver on their sides and brightest on their bellies.

• The toothless catfish is not really toothless.

• Jellyfishes are mainly made up of water and protein, also they do not have a brain.

• The fastest fish are Sailfish and Wahoo. Their speed can exceed 90 kph.

• The most poisonous fish in the world is the Stonefish, a master of camouflage.

• The electric eel has an average discharge of 400 volts.

• Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sexual intercourse for fun.

• There are 28 species of clown fish.

• Female piranhas can lay up to 5000 eggs.