Does whale fish lay eggs?

Few people would think about kissing a fish, despite the fact that most brands of lipstick contain fish scales. Goldfish will lose their color if they are kept in dim light or kept in constantly running water, such as a river or stream. Goldfish can live decades.

The oldest known goldfish, “Goldie,” died in 2005 at the ripe old age of 45. The second oldest was “Tish” who died at age 43. Pregnant goldfish are known as twits.

The largest fish in the world is the whale shark. The largest recorded whale shark was 41.5 feet long, had a girth of 23 feet, and weighed more than 47,300 pounds. Larger whale sharks have been reported, some as long as fifty-nine feet, but none have been accurately documented.

Whale sharks also lay the largest eggs of any animal. A whale shark egg measuring fourteen inches long was found in the Gulf of Mexico in the 1950s. Whale sharks get their name from their size and not their diet.

Although the whale shark does have teeth, they do not use them for feeding. Instead, they filter out plankton and other small animals in the water for food. The largest predator shark is the great white shark.