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order scientific name common name record weight in kg record weight in lb water country picture
catfishes over 50 kg Brachyplatystoma filamentosum Kumakuma 200,00 440.92 Amazon River system Brazil, Venezuela 2898_Piraiba_Brachyplatystoma filamentosum.jpg
bony tongues Arapaima gigas Arapaima 154,00 339.51 Amazon River system Ecuador 2991_Jules Fernandez_Pirarucu_Arapaima gigas.jpg
catfishes over 50 kg Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii Gilded Catfish 100,00 220.46 Amazon River system Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia 1714_Planet Catfish_Gilded Catfish_Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii.jpg
catfishes over 50 kg Zungaro zungaro Jau 100,00 220.46 Amazon River system Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil 3316_Zungaro_zungaro_Jau0.jpeg
catfishes over 50 kg Brachyplatystoma juruense Zebra Catfish 100,00 220.46 Amazon River system Venezuela, Brazil, Peru 3334_Brachyplatystoma_juruense_Zebra_Catfish0.jpeg
catfishes over 50 kg Sorubimichthys planiceps Firewood Catfish 50,00 110.23 Amazon River system Peru, Venezuela, Brazil 1809_Firewood Catfish_Sorubimichthys planiceps.jpg
lungfishes Lepidosiren paradoxa South American Lungfish 40,00 88.18 Amazon River system Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Paraguay 2727_South American Lungfish_Lepidosiren paradoxa.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum Tiger Sorubim 40,00 88.18 Amazon River system Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil 1877_Nelson Lage_Tiger Sorubim_Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Pinirampus pirinampu Flatwhiskered Catfish 30,00 66.14 Amazon River system Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru 1927_Argentine Angling Adventures_Flatwhiskered Catfish_Pinirampus pirinampu.jpg
characins Hydrolycus scomberoides Payara 30,00 66.14 Amazon River system Brazil, Peru, Venezuela 1445_Payara_Hydrolycus scomberoides.jpg
skates and rays Heliotrygon rosai Rosa’s Round Ray 25,00 55.12 Amazon River system Brazil 2879_Nathan Lovejoy_Rosas Round Ray_Heliotrygon rosai.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Oxydoras niger Ripsaw Catfish 25,00 55.12 Amazon River system Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia 1944_Ripsaw Catfish_Oxydoras niger.jpg
characins Piaractus brachypomus Pirapitinga 25,00 55.12 Amazon River system Brazil, Peru, Venezuela 1459_Fishing Adventures Thailand_Pirapitinga_Piaractus brachypomus.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Brachyplatystoma vaillantii Laulao Catfish 20,00 44.09 Amazon River system Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil 1981_Laulao Catfish_Brachyplatystoma vaillantii.jpg
knifefishes Electrophorus varii Electric Eel 20,00 44.09 Amazon River system Brazil 3553_Electrophorus_varii_Electric_Eel0.jpeg
skates and rays Plesiotrygon iwamae Long-tailed River Stingray 19,50 42.99 Amazon River system Ecuador 3447_Plesiotrygon_iwamae_Long-tailed_River_Stingray0.jpeg
skates and rays Potamotrygon constellata Thorny River Stingray 16,80 37.04 Amazon River system Ecuador 2812_Mark Jones_Thorny River Stingray_Potamotrygon constellata.jpg
skates and rays Potamotrygon scobina Raspy River Stingray 15,00 33.07 Amazon River system Brazil 3451_Potamotrygon_scobina_Raspy_River_Stingray0.jpeg
catfishes up 10 kg Acanthicus adonis Pearl Devil Pleco 10,00 22.05 Amazon River system Brazil 2083_Pearl Devil Pleco_Acanthicus adonis.jpg
skates and rays Potamotrygon falkneri Largespot River Stingray 10,00 22.05 Amazon River system Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina 2836_Argentina Fishing Adventures_Largespot River Stingray_Potamotrygon falkneri.jpg
Perciformes up 10 kg Cichla monoculus Popoca Peacock 9,00 19.84 Amazon River system Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil 2476_IGFA_Popoca Peacock_Cichla monoculus.jpg
bony tongues Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Arawana 9,00 19.84 Amazon River system Brazil 2691_Arawana_Osteoglossum bicirrhosum.jpg
Perciformes up 10 kg Plagioscion squamosissimus South American Silver Croaker 7,00 15.43 Amazon River system Peru, Colombia, Suriname, Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil 2962_South American Silver Croaker_Plagioscion squamosissimus.jpg
skates and rays Heliotrygon gomesi Gomes’s Round Ray 6,20 13.67 Amazon River system Colombia 3197_Mark Sabaj Pérez_Gomes’s Round Ray_Heliotrygon gomesi.jpg
herrings Pellona flavipinnis Yellowfin River Pellona 6,00 13.23 Amazon River system Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay 242_Yellowfin River Pellona_Pellona flavipinnis.jpg
catfishes up 10 kg Pseudacanthicus histrix ? 6,00 13.23 Amazon River system Brazil 2167_Pseudacanthicus histrix.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Acanthicus hystrix Black Devil Pleco 6,00 13.23 Amazon River system South America 2013_Ross Socolof_Black Devil Pleco_Acanthicus hystrix.jpg
catfishes up 10 kg Panaque nigrolineatus Royal Panaque 5,00 11.02 Amazon River system Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil 2203_Benjamin Lee_Royal Panaque_Panaque nigrolineatus.jpg
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