Fishing Worldrecords

Found in database

order	scientific name	common name	record weight (metric)	record weight (anglo-american-system)	water	country
characins	Citharinus latus	Moonfish	18,00 kg	39 lb 11 oz	Senegal River , Chad River , Lake Albert , Volta River , Niger River , Nile River	Ethiopia
bony tongues	Mormyrus kannume	Elephantsnout Fish	~ 13,00 kg	~ 29 lb	Lake Victoria , Nile River , Lake Albert , Lake Edward , Lake Kyoga	Ethiopia
characins	Citharinus citharus	Moonfish	7,00 kg	15 lb 7 oz	Volta River , Lake Turkana , Niger River , Nile River , Chad River , Senegal River , Gambia River	Ethiopia
carps over 5 kg	Labeo coubie	African Carp	~ 7,00 kg	~ 15 lb	Nile River , Senegal River , Chad River , Volta River , Gambia River , Niger River	Ethiopia
carps over 5 kg	Labeobarbus megastoma	Lake Tana Yellowfish	~ 6,00 kg	~ 13 lb	Lake Tana	Ethiopia
carps up 5 kg	Labeo bottegi	Somali Labeo	5,00 kg	11 lb 0 oz	Lake Abaya	Ethiopia
carps up 5 kg	Labeobarbus nedgia	Ethiopian Yellowfish	~ 5,00 kg	~ 11 lb	Lake Tana	Ethiopia
bony tongues	Mormyrus caschive	Northeast African Elephantfish	~ 0,30 kg	~ 1 lb	Baro River	Ethiopia