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Catch of the day was 54 feet long

ENGLAND: The biggest fish ever to swim in the sea grew to the astonishing length of 16.5m, research has shown.

It sounds like a fisherman’s tale, but the giant Jurassic fish Leedsichthys, that lived 165m years ago, was a true monster, scientists claim. Calculations based on fragments of fossil skeleton suggest it grew to 8m to 9m in 20 years and reached 16.5 metres in 38 years.