Top 10 Most Dangerous Fishes | Top 10 Deadly Fishes

Different people share various different kinds of fear. Fear of height, fear of flight, fear of exams, fear of animals etc. This article is about some extremely dangerous fishes around the World. Fishes are amongst the beautiful creatures in the world. The nature has gifted us with countless fish species. Some of them are used for eating, while others are just kept in artificial aquariums to beautify our environment. Despite the fact that the fishes are very beautiful, sometimes they prove to be extremely dangerous as well. Here are the top 10 most dangerous fishes under the blue water.

The Stonefish: Synanceia or Stonefish is a genus of fish of the family Synanceiidae, the Stonefishes, whose members are venomous, dangerous, and even fatal to humans. It is one of the most venomous fish in the world. They are found in the coastal regions of Indo-Pacific oceans as well as off the coast of Florida and in the Caribbean.

Great White Shark: The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the great white, white pointer, white shark, or white death, is a species of large lamniform shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. The great white shark is mainly known for its size, with mature individuals growing up to 6.4 m (21 ft) in length (although reports have been published of great white sharks measuring over 8 m (26 ft), and 3,324 kg (7,328 lb) in weight). Read More…

Black Piranha: The black piranhas have the most powerful bites of carnivorous fishes, living or extinct, once body size is taken into account, researchers find. The black piranha has jaw muscles of an 'extraordinary' size and a highly modified jaw-closing lever. In fact, the muscle complex makes more than two percent of the black piranha's total body mass. This allows the fish to exert bite force equivalent to 30 times its bodyweight.

The measured bite force of the black piranha, at 320 Newton (N), was nearly three times greater than that exerted by an American alligator of comparative size.

Lionfish: Pterois, commonly known as lionfish, is a genus of venomous marine. It is characterized by red, white and black bands, showy pectoral fins and venomous spiky fin rays. The lionfish is one of the most venomous fish on the ocean floor. Lionfish have venomous dorsal spines that are used purely for defense. When threatened, the fish often faces its attacker in an upside down posture which brings its spines to bear. Read More…

Goliath Tiger Fish: Goliath Tigerfish, also known as the Hydrocynus goliath, giant tigerfish or mbenga, is a very large African predatory freshwater fish of the Alestidae family. The Goliath tigerfish puts more energy into killing than breeding. It can take a local population between five and 14 years to double in size. Ergo, every one you release helps ensure that the monsters remain in adequate numbers to keep the ecosystem in stasis.

Bull Shark: The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), also known as the Zambezi shark or, unofficially, as Zambi in Africa and Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a shark commonly found worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers. Bull sharks have the strongest bite of any shark species, scientists have discovered. The bull sharks have a bite force of up to 600 kilograms (1,300 lb), pound for pound the highest among all investigated cartilaginous fishes.

Pointed sawfish: Pointed sawfishes, also known as carpenter sharks, Smalltooth Sawfish or Wide Sawfish, are a family (Pristidae) of rays characterized by a long, narrow, flattened rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse teeth, arranged so as to resemble a saw. All species in the family are either endangered or critically endangered.  Several species of sawfishes can grow to about 7 m (23 ft). The family as a whole is largely unknown and little studied. The Pristidae are the only living family within the order Pristiformes, whose name comes from the Ancient Greek. Read More…

Electric Eel: The electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) is an electric fish, and the only species in its genus. It is capable of generating powerful electric shocks of up to 600 volts and 1 ampere of current (600 watts). It would be extremely unlikely for such a shock to be deadly for an adult human, due to the very short duration of an eel's discharge

Tiger Shark: The tiger shark is a solitary, mostly nocturnal hunter, and is notable for having the widest food spectrum all sharks, consuming a variety of prey ranging from crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, squid, turtles, and sea snakes to dolphins and even other smaller sharks. The tiger shark has been known to eat inedible manmade objects that linger in its stomach, and it has a reputation as a "garbage eater". When attacking, the tiger shark often eats its prey whole, although larger prey are often eaten in gradual large bites and finished over time. Read More...

Chironex (Box Jellyfish): Box jellyfish (class Cubozoa) are cnidarian invertebrates distinguished by their cube-shaped medusae. Stings from these and a few other species in the class are extremely painful and sometimes fatal to humans. A few species of Chironex (Box Jellyfish) have been confirmed to be involved in human deaths.