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Found in database

order scientific name common name record weight in kg record weight in lb water country picture
skates and rays Urogymnus polylepis Freshwater Whipray 600,00 1,322.77 unknown Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia 3618_Urogymnus_polylepis_Freshwater_Whipray0.jpeg
Perciformes over 10 kg Maccullochella peelii Murray Cod 113,60 250.45 Barwon River Australia 3637_Maccullochella_peelii_Murray_Cod0.jpeg
Perciformes over 10 kg Lates calcarifer Barramundi 60,78 134.00 Northern Territory Australia 2286_Barramundi_Lates calcarifer.jpg
lungfishes Neoceratodus forsteri Australian Lungfish 50,00 110.23 Mary River, Burnett River Australia 2723_Australian Lungfish_Neoceratodus forsteri.jpg
Perciformes over 10 kg Maccullochella ikei Eastern Freshwater Cod 49,50 109.13 Clarence River Australia 2303_Andy Moore_Clarence River Cod_Maccullochella ikei.jpg
eels Anguilla reinhardtii Speckled Longfin Eel 45,00 99.21 South Australia, Victoria, Queensland Australia 165_Cairns Historical Society_Speckled Longfin Eel_Anguilla reinhardtii.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Neoarius midgleyorum Silver Cobbler 40,00 88.18 Argyle Reservoir Australia 3826_Neoarius_midgleyorum_Silver_Cobbler0.jpeg
Perciformes over 10 kg Lutjanus goldiei Papuan Black Snapper 31,75 70.00 river Papua New Guinea 2350_Papuan Black Snapper_Lutjanus goldiei.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Sciades paucus Paucus Sea Catfish 28,00 61.73 Queensland, Northern Territory Australia 1931_Jim Tait_Paucus Sea Catfish_Sciades paucus.jpg
eels Anguilla dieffenbachii New Zealand Longfin Eel 28,00 61.73 Aniwhenua Reservoir New Zealand 3729_Anguilla_dieffenbachii_New_Zealand_Longfin_Eel0.jpeg
eels Anguilla marmorata Giant Mottled Eel 27,70 61.07 Monasavu Reservoir Fiji 3732_Anguilla_marmorata_Giant_Mottled_Eel0.jpeg
bony tongues Scleropages jardinii Gulf Saratoga 27,00 59.52 unknown Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia 2644_Australian Bonytongue_Scleropages jardinii.jpg
eels Anguilla megastoma Polynesian Longfin Eel 22,19 48.92 Sulawesi, New Guinea, Polynesia New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Indonesia 190_Bernhard Höller_Polynesian Longfin Eel_Anguilla megastoma.jpg
Perciformes over 10 kg Lutjanus fuscescens Freshwater Snapper 20,87 46.01 river on Sulawesi Indonesia 3309_Lutjanus_fuscescens_Freshwater_Snapper0.jpeg
Salmonidae over 10 kg Salmo trutta fario Brown Trout 20,10 44.31 Ohau Canal New Zealand 355_Brown Trout_Salmo trutta fario.jpg
Perciformes over 10 kg Channa striata Striped Snakehead 20,00 44.09 reservoir on Oahu, Hawaii USA 3646_Channa_striata_Striped_Snakehead0.jpeg
Perciformes over 10 kg Maccullochella macquariensis Trout Cod 16,00 35.27 Murray-Darling-River system Australia 3636_Maccullochella_macquariensis_Trout_Cod0.jpeg
Perciformes over 10 kg Macquaria ambigua Golden Perch 15,00 33.07 Glenbawn Reservoir Australia 2343_Golden Perch_Macquaria ambigua.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Neoarius graeffei Lesser Salmon Catfish 12,61 27.80 Norman River Australia 2047_Lesser Salmon Catfish_Neoarius graeffei.jpg
Perciformes up 10 kg Percalates colonorum Estuary Perch 10,00 22.05 Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia Australia 3781_Percalates_colonorum_Estuary_Perch0.jpeg
eels Anguilla celebesensis Celebes Longfin Eel 10,00 22.05 unknown Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines 261_Celebes Longfin Eel_Anguilla celebesensis.jpg
eels Anguilla australis Shortfin Eel 9,00 19.84 North Island New Zealand 198_Shortfin Eel_Anguilla australis.jpg
Perciformes up 10 kg Bidyanus bidyanus Silver Perch 7,70 16.98 tributary of the Lachlan River Australia 3662_Bidyanus_bidyanus_Silver_Perch0.jpeg
Perciformes up 10 kg Trachystoma petardi Pinkeye Mullet 7,50 16.53 New South Wales, Queensland Australia 2500_spooled.com.au_Pinkeye Mullet_Trachystoma petardi.jpg
catfishes up 10 kg Tandanus tandanus Eel-tailed Catfish 6,80 14.99 Murray-Darling-River system, Tweed River Australia 3625_Tandanus_tandanus_Dewfish0.jpeg
Perciformes up 10 kg Hephaestus fuliginosus Sooty Grunter 6,17 13.60 Tinaroo Reservoir Australia 2527_Black Bream_Hephaestus fuliginosus.jpg
Perciformes up 10 kg Gadopsis marmoratus River Blackfish 5,50 12.13 Tasmania Australia 3619_Gadopsis_marmoratus_River_Blackfish0.jpeg
Perciformes up 10 kg Kurtus gulliveri Nurseryfish 5,00 11.02 unknown Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea 2576_Nurseryfish_Kurtus gulliveri.jpg
bony tongues Scleropages leichardti Southern Saratoga 5,00 11.02 Fitzroy River system Australia 2715_Stephen Poole_Spotted Bonytongue_Scleropages leichardti.jpg
catfishes up 10 kg Potamosilurus coatesi Coates' Catfish 5,00 11.02 Ramu River, Sepik River Papua New Guinea 3809_Potamosilurus_coatesi_Coates'_Catfish0.jpeg
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