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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 Piraiba 200,00 440.92 Orinoco River system Brazil, Venezuela 2898_Piraiba_Brachyplatystoma filamentosum.jpg
catfishes over 50 kg Zungaro zungaro Jau 100,00 220.46 Orinoco River system Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru 3316_Zungaro_zungaro_Jau0.jpeg
catfishes over 50 kg Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii Gilded Catfish 100,00 220.46 Orinoco River system Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela 1714_Planet Catfish_Gilded Catfish_Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii.jpg
catfishes over 50 kg Brachyplatystoma juruense Zebra Catfish 100,00 220.46 Orinoco River system Brazil, Peru, Venezuela 3334_Brachyplatystoma_juruense_Zebra_Catfish0.jpeg
catfishes over 50 kg Sorubimichthys planiceps Firewood Catfish 50,00 110.23 Orinoco River system Brazil, Peru, Venezuela 1809_Firewood Catfish_Sorubimichthys planiceps.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum Tiger Sorubim 40,00 88.18 Orinoco River system Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru 1877_Nelson Lage_Tiger Sorubim_Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum.jpg
characins Hydrolycus scomberoides Payara 30,00 66.14 Orinoco River system Peru, Venezuela, Brazil 1445_Payara_Hydrolycus scomberoides.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Pinirampus pirinampu Flatwhiskered Catfish 30,00 66.14 Orinoco River system Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia 1927_Argentine Angling Adventures_Flatwhiskered Catfish_Pinirampus pirinampu.jpg
skates and rays Potamotrygon orbignyi Smooth Back River Stingray 26,50 58.42 Orinoco River system Venezuela 3206_Archivo EBEF_Smooth Back River Stingray_Potamotrygon orbignyi.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Oxydoras niger Ripsaw Catfish 25,00 55.12 Orinoco River system Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela 1944_Ripsaw Catfish_Oxydoras niger.jpg
characins Piaractus brachypomus Pirapitinga 25,00 55.12 Orinoco River system Venezuela, Brazil, Peru 1459_Fishing Adventures Thailand_Pirapitinga_Piaractus brachypomus.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Brachyplatystoma vaillantii Laulao Catfish 20,00 44.09 Orinoco River system Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru 1981_Laulao Catfish_Brachyplatystoma vaillantii.jpg
catfishes 10-50 kg Brachyplatystoma platynemum Slobbering Catfish 15,00 33.07 Orinoco River system Venezuela 2017_Slobbering Catfish_Brachyplatystoma platynemum.jpg
catfishes up 10 kg Platynematichthys notatus Coroata 10,00 22.05 Orinoco River system Venezuela 3332_Platynematichthys_notatus_Coroata0.jpeg
Perciformes up 10 kg Plagioscion squamosissimus South American Silver Croaker 7,00 15.43 Orinoco River system Peru, Colombia, Suriname, Argentina, Ecuador, French Guiana, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, Brazil 2962_South American Silver Croaker_Plagioscion squamosissimus.jpg
herrings Pellona flavipinnis Yellowfin River Pellona 6,00 13.23 Orinoco River system Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Paraguay 242_Yellowfin River Pellona_Pellona flavipinnis.jpg
Perciformes up 10 kg Cichla intermedia Blackstriped Peacock 5,50 12.13 Orinoco River system Venezuela 2546_Blackstriped Peacock_Cichla intermedia.jpg
catfishes up 10 kg Panaque nigrolineatus Royal Panaque 5,00 11.02 Orinoco River system Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil 2203_Benjamin Lee_Royal Panaque_Panaque nigrolineatus.jpg
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