- Who
- Linophryne coronata
- What
- 45 percentage
- Where
- Pacific Ocean ()
The largest mouth of any animal, in relation to body size belongs to the fish species, Linophryne coronata, whose mouth (when taken as a measurement from the tip of the snout to the posterior most corner of the mouth) accounts for over 45% of the fish's body length. Linophryne coronata is known from 22 specimens collected at depths as shallow as 90 m (295 ft) and as deep as 3,000 m (9,840 ft) in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans; the largest of these specimens measured 225 mm (8.85 in) long.
