Many of these creatures could in the running for inclusion on the list of top ocean predators, but these 5 stand above the rest.<br />Orca (Killer Whale) <br />Great White Shark. <br />Barracuda. <br />Blue Marlin. <br /><br />African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)<br />Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)<br />Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula)<br />American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)<br />American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)<br />Arapaima (Arapaima)<br />Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)<br />Atlantic goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara)<br />Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer)<br />Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica)<br />Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger)<br />Black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci)<br />Black marlin (Istiompax indica)<br />Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)<br />Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)<br />Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)<br />Electric catfish (Malapteruridae)<br />Electric ray (Torpediniformes)<br />False gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)<br />Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)<br />Giant freshwater stingray (Himantura chaophraya)<br />Gilded catfish (Zungaro zungaro)<br />Goonch catfish (Bagarius yarrelli)<br />Goliath tigerfish (Hydrocynus goliath)<br />Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)<br />Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)<br />Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)<br />Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)<br />Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)<br />Human[note 3] (Homo sapiens)<br />Humboldt Squid (Dosidicus gigas)<br />Kaluga (fish) (Huso dauricus)<br />Killer whale (Orcinus orca)<br />Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)<br />Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)<br />Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)<br />Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)<br />Lionfish (Pterois)<br />Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)<br />Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)<br />Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)<br />Moray eel (Muraenidae)<br />Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii)<br />Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)<br />Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus)<br />Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)<br />Nile perch (Lates niloticus)<br />Northern pike (Esox lucius)<br />Piraíba (Brachyplatystoma)<br />Pseudoplatystoma (Pseudoplatystoma)<br />Redtail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus)<br />Salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)<br />Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)<br />South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica)<br />Semutundu catfish (Bagrus)<br />Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)<br />Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)<br />Australian trumpet (Syrinx aruanus)<br />Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)<br />Walleye (Sander vitreus)<br />Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)<br />Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)<br />
