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Whale Shark
Why exactly is the whale shark entry being removed repeatedly?  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:15, 6 March 2018 (UTC)


 * I don't know, but I know that when I tried to add a Whale, 3-4 times as long as these other fish, the person said that a whale is not classified as a fish, something I thought might be the case, technically, but many people aren't going to know this; and therefore this list will be highly-misleading. I have added a warning note at the top, which hopefully will remain in the document. Misty MH (talk) 05:41, 29 June 2019 (UTC) Misty MH (talk) 05:42, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I have removed it. We can assume that fish =/= whale is common knowledge these days - sorry. In any case this has nothing to do with the whale shark, which undoubtedly IS a fish. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 16:21, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

How does one edit a list that is numbered?
How does one edit a list that is numbered? Does it automatically update, or does one have to do that all manually? Misty MH (talk) 22:07, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
 * You're referring to the table in the first section of the article, right? Yeah, the numbering is done manually (so if you were to add an entry somewhere in the middle, you'd have to bump the numbers of the following rows up). I'm not sure how easy it is to edit the table using the visual editor, but in the source editor, it should be relatively easy to add a new row based on the examples of the existing wikitext (i.e. you can just copy-paste the code for one of the existing rows, and change the values). Colin M (talk) 20:31, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. So, I had to manually renumber them all. Can't believe we have to do something like this in 2019! Misty MH (talk) 23:04, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

NEED to add Blue WHALE somewhere to a List of largest SEA LIFE?
In recent decades, whales have been excluded as "fish", and so an editor removed my addition of maybe the largest sea life by far, the blue whale. Someone NEEDs to add Blue WHALE somewhere to a List of largest SEA LIFE, or change THIS list to include such. I didn't find such a list when I looked. Misty MH (talk) 02:14, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I assume "recent decades" is meant to imply "the last two centuries"? In any case, there's List of largest mammals and Largest organisms for your reading pleasure. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 13:53, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

List of largest fish and whales
Since a main purpose of this list is to list some of the largest sea life known, I suggest the list be expanded to include whales, and the article title be changed accordingly. Discuss. And then please add large whales to the list. Misty MH (talk) 15:27, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Err... no? The list is for fish - not whales, sirenians, arthropods, colonial salps, or kelp - all of which have some pretty huge members. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 19:02, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Giant Devil Ray Size Discrepancy
The length on Mobula Mobular is listed as 5.2 meters however Devil Fish states that these measurements are unreliable with more reliable disk length measurements of 3.5 meters. Removing Mobula Mobular from the list is the easiest solution. Wlungus (talk) 07:44, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Unstandardized size comparisons.
The lack of standardization of size comparisons to humans between the fish on this list is causing a problem. The image used for the tiger shark would suggest the human is roughly 3.5 meters (or 11.48 feet) tall. Then, if you compare it to the image for the comparably sized Greenland shark, you can see one-and-a-half of those meters disappear magically. Comparison to human size is completely useless as a metric if the human keeps changing size. Crossark (talk) 03:02, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Perciformes not being used accurately?
The "Perciformes" entry includes several fish that are classified in other orders according to their own articles on this wiki: Istiophoriformes, Carangiformes, Scombriformes, etc. are all lumped into "Perciformes" for some reason. I don't want to be reverted and accused of "original research" which I know will happen if an unregistered user tries to correct this. But it needs to be corrected. 2601:441:4900:A6E0:2CD8:DA9E:51CA:9E85 (talk) 01:00, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I want to add a template disputing the factual accuracy of that Perciformes section, but it's impossible to search Wikipedia for templates so I can't learn how to use them. 2601:441:4900:A6E0:2CD8:DA9E:51CA:9E85 (talk) 01:05, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I am trying to add a template to the page. I am having trouble understanding the directions for using it. I don't know which fish classification is the current consensus (this article, or the articles about Istiophoriformes, Carangiformes, and Scombriformes. But I think the articles shouldn't contradict each other this way. 2601:441:4900:A6E0:2CD8:DA9E:51CA:9E85 (talk) 01:44, 23 May 2023 (UTC)