Top 10: What are the fastest fish in the world?

Maximum speed: 129km/h

Range: Australian coast and tropical Indo-Pacific

Maximum speed: 110km/h

Range: Indian and Pacific Oceans

Maximum speed: 80km/h

Range: Tropical and temperate regions of Indo-Pacific Ocean

Maximum speed: 78km/h

Range: Tropical and sub-tropical waters around the world

Maximum speed: 74km/h

Range: Tropical to temperate waters worldwide

Maximum speed: 70km/h

Range: Open waters of 
the Atlantic Ocean

Maximum speed: 69km/h

Range: Deep waters 
of temperate and 
tropical oceans

Maximum speed: 64km/h

Range: Shallow, inshore tropical waters

Maximum speed: 64km/h

Range: Tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific

Maximum speed: 56km/h

Range: Subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Pacific

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