Fishing Worldrecords

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order	scientific name	common name	record weight (metric)	record weight (anglo-american-system)	water	country
catfishes over 50 kg	Bathybagrus grandis	Kukumai	190,00 kg	418 lb 14 oz	Lake Tanganyika	Tanzania , DR Congo , Zambia , Burundi
perch-likes over 10 kg	Lates angustifrons	Tanganyika Lates	100,00 kg	220 lb 7 oz	Lake Tanganyika	Tanzania , DR Congo , Zambia , Burundi
catfishes over 50 kg	Dinotopterus cunningtoni	Singa	~ 60,00 kg	~ 132 lb	Lake Tanganyika	Burundi , Tanzania , DR Congo , Zambia
lungfishes	Protopterus aethiopicus	Marbled Lungfish	50,00 kg	110 lb 4 oz	Lake Tanganyika	Burundi , Tanzania , DR Congo , Zambia
perch-likes over 10 kg	Lates microlepis	Forktail Lates	25,00 kg	55 lb 2 oz	Lake Tanganyika	Zambia , Burundi , Tanzania , DR Congo
characins	Distichodus sexfasciatus	Sixbar Distichodus	~ 20,00 kg	~ 44 lb	Lake Tanganyika	Angola , Tanzania , DR Congo
bony tongues	Mormyrops anguilloides	Cornish Jack	15,00 kg	33 lb 1 oz	Lake Tanganyika	East Africa , Southern Africa , Sudan , West Africa , Central Africa
carps over 5 kg	Labeobarbus tropidolepis	Tanganyika Barb	~ 8,00 kg	~ 18 lb	Lake Tanganyika	DR Congo , Zambia , Burundi , Tanzania
catfishes up 10 kg	Chrysichthys brachynema	Kibonde	7,70 kg	17 lb 0 oz	Lake Tanganyika	Zambia , Burundi , Tanzania , DR Congo
pufferfishes	Tetraodon mbu	Freshwater Puffer fish	~ 7,00 kg	~ 15 lb	Lake Tanganyika	Zambia , Burundi , Congo , Tanzania , DR Congo
perch-likes up 10 kg	Lates mariae	Bigeye Lates	7,00 kg	15 lb 7 oz	Lake Tanganyika	Burundi
carps over 5 kg	Labeobarbus caudovittatus	Streak Yellowfish	~ 6,00 kg	~ 13 lb	Lake Tanganyika	Zambia , Tanzania , DR Congo
perch-likes up 10 kg	Boulengerochromis microlepis	Giant Cichlid	= 5,00 kg	= 11 lb 0 oz	Lake Tanganyika	Burundi
carps up 5 kg	Labeo lineatus	Striped Labeo	~ 5,00 kg	~ 11 lb	Lake Tanganyika	Congo , Tanzania , DR Congo