🐟 Atlantic bluefin tuna vs Sailfish 🐟
The Atlantic bluefin tuna and the sailfish are about the same size. The Atlantic bluefin tuna weighs about 15 times as much as the sailfish.
| Row | 🐟 Atlantic bluefin tuna | 🐟 Sailfish |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the Atlantic bluefin tuna yet. | no checked number yet | 68 mph109 km/h1 |
| Weight The Atlantic bluefin tuna weighs about 15 times as much as the sailfish. | 1 tons910 kg2 | 128 lb58 kg3 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the sailfish yet. | 20 years20 years2 | no checked number yet |
| Eats Both eat fish. | herring, mackerel, squid and other fish | small fish such as sardines and anchovies, and squid |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the Atlantic Ocean, from the cold north down to the warm Mediterranean Sea | the warm Pacific and Indian oceans |
Which one? Atlantic bluefin tuna or sailfish
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the Atlantic bluefin tuna yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- NOAA National Ocean Service, Ocean Facts feed ('What is the fastest fish in the ocean?'), checked 30 October 2026.
- NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.
- NOAA Fishery Bulletin 78(3), 1980 (Beardsley and others, Atlantic sailfish), checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean (Istiophorus platypterus), checked 30 October 2026.