Found in database

order	scientific name	common name	record weight in kg	record weight in lb	water	country	picture
Perciformes over 10 kg	Lates niloticus	Nile Perch	250,00	551.16	Lake Victoria	Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
bony tongues	Arapaima gigas	Pirarucu	200,00	440.92	fishing lakes	Thailand
catfishes over 50 kg	Bathybagrus grandis	Kukumai	190,00	418.88	Lake Tanganyika	Zambia, Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo
catfishes over 50 kg	Silurus biwaensis	Lake Biwa Catfish	150,00	330.69	Lake Biwa	Japan
sturgeons	Acipenser fulvescens	Lake Sturgeon	140,61	309.99	Lake Superior	Canada
carps over 25 kg	Catlocarpio siamensis	Giant Barb	120,00	264.55	Bung Sam Lan Lake	Thailand
Perciformes over 10 kg	Lates angustifrons	Tanganyika Lates	100,00	220.46	Lake Tanganyika	Tanzania, DR Congo, Zambia, Burundi
catfishes over 50 kg	Bagrus bajad	Bayad	100,00	220.46	Lake Qaroun	Egypt
catfishes over 50 kg	Bathyclarias gigas	Giant Malawi Catfish	90,00	198.42	Lake Malawi	Mozambique
carps over 25 kg	Mylopharyngodon piceus	Black Carp	85,00	187.39	lake	China
carps over 25 kg	Luciobarbus esocinus	Mangar	70,00	154.32	lake in Baghdad	Iraq
catfishes over 50 kg	Dinotopterus cunningtoni	Singa	60,00	132.28	Lake Tanganyika	DR Congo, Zambia, Burundi, Tanzania
carps over 25 kg	Cyprinus carpio	Common Carp	54,50	120.15	Euro-Aqua Lake	Hungary
carps over 25 kg	Elopichthys bambusa	Yellowcheek	54,00	119.05	lake in Zhejiang Province	China
lungfishes	Protopterus aethiopicus	Marbled Lungfish	50,00	110.23	Lake Tanganyika	Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo, Zambia
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Salvelinus namaycush	Namaycush	46,37	102.23	Lake Athabasca	Canada
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Hucho hucho	Huchen	41,30	91.05	Lake Plav	Montenegro
carps over 25 kg	Gibelion catla	Catla	38,56	85.01	Powai Lake	India
pikes	Esox lucius	Northern Pike	35,01	77.18	Ilman Lake	Russia
catfishes 10-50 kg	Bagrus meridionalis	Kampoyo	35,00	77.16	Lake Malawi	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique
cod-likes	Lota lota	Burbot	32,00	70.55	Lake Irtyash	Russia
sturgeons	Acipenser baerii	Siberian Sturgeon	32,00	70.55	fishing lake Pielachtal	Austria
catfishes over 50 kg	Silurus aristotelis	Greek Catfish	30,00	66.14	Lake Lysimachia	Greece
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Oncorhynchus clarkii	Cutthroat Trout	28,12	61.99	Pyramid Lake	USA
pikes	Esox masquinongy	Muskellunge	27,78	61.24	Lake Huron, Georgian Bay	Canada
eels	Anguilla dieffenbachii	New Zealand Longfin Eel	25,63	56.50	Lake Wakatipu	New Zealand
pikes	Esox reichertii	Amur Pike	25,00	55.12	Buir Lake	Mongolia
catfishes 10-50 kg	Malapterurus electricus	Electric Catfish	25,00	55.12	Lake Turkana, Lake Chad	East Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Central Africa, West Africa
catfishes 10-50 kg	Pangasianodon hypophthalmus	Striped Catfish	25,00	55.12	Shadow Lake	Thailand
Perciformes over 10 kg	Lates microlepis	Forktail Lates	25,00	55.12	Lake Tanganyika	DR Congo, Zambia, Burundi, Tanzania
characins	Distichodus sexfasciatus	Sixbar Distichodus	20,00	44.09	Lake Tanganyika	Angola, Tanzania, DR Congo
catfishes 10-50 kg	Pangasius bocourti	Basa Fish	20,00	44.09	Fishermans Paradise Lake	Thailand
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Salvelinus alpinus	Arctic Char	20,00	44.09	Inari Lake	Finland
Perciformes over 10 kg	Sander lucioperca	Zander	19,00	41.89	Starnberger Lake	Germany
bony tongues	Gymnarchus niloticus	Aba	18,50	40.79	Lake Turkana	West Africa, Central Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Sudan
characins	Citharinus latus	Moonfish	18,00	39.68	Lake Albert	Ethiopia, West Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Egypt
carps 10-25 kg	Labeobarbus altianalis	Ripon Barbel	18,00	39.68	Lake Victoria, Lake Kyoga, Lake Edouard, Lake Albert, Lake Kivu	DR Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
Perciformes over 10 kg	Channa micropeltes	Giant Snakehead	18,00	39.68	lake	Thailand
characins	Piaractus brachypomus	Pirapitinga	17,60	38.80	Ratchaburi Lake	Thailand
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Salmo ischchan	Sevan Trout	17,00	37.48	Issyk-Kul Lake	Kyrgyzstan
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Salvelinus drjagini	Dryanin's Char	16,00	35.27	Lake Khantaiskoe	Russia
characins	Hydrocynus forskahlii	Elongate Tigerfish	15,50	34.17	Lake Turkana	Kenya
carps 10-25 kg	Oreoleuciscus potanini	Altai Osman	15,00	33.07	Dörgön Lake, Khyargas Lake, Üüreg Lake	Mongolia
bony tongues	Mormyrops anguilloides	Cornish Jack	15,00	33.07	Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Albert	Southern Africa, East Africa, Sudan, Central Africa, West Africa
catfishes 10-50 kg	Bathyclarias nyasensis	Sapuwa	15,00	33.07	Lake Malawi	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique
carps 10-25 kg	Labeobarbus trachypterus	Pifu	15,00	33.07	Lake Mweru, Lake Bangweulu	DR Congo, Zambia
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Salvelinus confluentus	Bull Trout	14,51	31.99	Lake Pend Oreille	USA
Perciformes over 10 kg	Parachromis dovii	Guapote	14,00	30.86	Lake Apanas	Nicaragua
carps 10-25 kg	Chanodichthys erythropterus	Predatory Carp	13,61	30.00	Pearl Lake, Chongming Island	China
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Salmo trutta aralensis	Aral Trout	13,50	29.76	Aral Lake	Uzbekistan
bony tongues	Mormyrus caschive	Northeast African Elephantfish	13,00	28.66	Lake Albert, Lake Edward	Sudan, Uganda, DR Congo
bony tongues	Mormyrus kannume	Elephantsnout Fish	13,00	28.66	Lake Victoria, Lake Kyoga, Lake Edward, Lake Albert	Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, DR Congo, Rwanda
characins	Hydrocynus brevis	North African Tigerfish	12,93	28.51	Lake Volta	Ghana
catfishes 10-50 kg	Clarotes laticeps	Widehead Catfish	11,80	26.01	Lake Chad	Sudan, West Africa, Central Africa, Egypt
carps 10-25 kg	Abramis brama	Freshwater Bream	11,50	25.35	Lake Vesijärvi	Finland
Perciformes over 10 kg	Micropterus salmoides	Largemouth Bass	11,37	25.07	Dixon Lake (foul-hooked)	USA
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Salvelinus umbla	Lake Char	11,20	24.69	Lake Vättern	Sweden
carps over 25 kg	Arabibarbus grypus	Largescale Barb	11,00	24.25	lake in Baghdad	Iraq
carps 10-25 kg	Chanodichthys mongolicus	Mongolian Redfin	10,00	22.05	Lake Khanka	Russia, China
carps 10-25 kg	Schizothorax argentatus	Balkhash Marinka	10,00	22.05	Lake Ala-kul, Lake Balkhash	Kazakhstan
pikes	Esox cisalpinus	Southern Pike	10,00	22.05	lake	Italy
catfishes 10-50 kg	Clarias macrocephalus	Bighead Catfish	10,00	22.05	Dreamlake Fishing Resort	Thailand
catfishes up 10 kg	Bathyclarias euryodon	Pwefu	10,00	22.05	Lake Malawi	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique
carps 10-25 kg	Leuciscus vorax	Tigris Asp	10,00	22.05	lake in Baghdad	Iraq
carps 10-25 kg	Leptobarbus hoevenii	Mad Barb	10,00	22.05	Bukit Merah Lake	Malaysia
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Salmo letnica	Ohrid Trout	10,00	22.05	Prespa Lake	Albania, Greece, North Macedonia
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Salvelinus boganidae	Boganida Char	10,00	22.05	lakes of Chukotka Peninsula	Russia
bowfins	Amia calva	Bowfin	9,75	21.50	Forest Lake	USA
carps 10-25 kg	Luciobarbus sclateri	Andalusian Barbel	9,53	21.01	lake near Gibraltar	Spain
Perciformes over 10 kg	Macquaria ambigua	Golden Perch	9,53	21.01	Lake Hume	Australia
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Salvelinus lepechini	Lake Char	9,50	20.94	Lake Ladoga	Russia
characins	Prochilodus lineatus	Curimbata	9,00	19.84	Lake Regatas	Argentina
Perciformes up 10 kg	Oreochromis niloticus	Nile Tilapia	9,00	19.84	Lake Turkana	Kenya
carps 5-10 kg	Labeobarbus tropidolepis	Tanganyika Barb	8,00	17.64	Lake Tanganyika	Tanzania, DR Congo, Zambia, Burundi
carps over 25 kg	Labeo calbasu	Calbasu	8,00	17.64	Powai Lake	India
catfishes up 10 kg	Chrysichthys brachynema	Kibonde	7,70	16.98	Lake Tanganyika	Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo, Zambia
eels	Anguilla australis	Shortfin Eel	7,48	16.49	Lake Bolac	Australia
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Salvelinus fontinalis	Brook Trout	7,25	15.98	Barbe Lake	Canada
catfishes up 10 kg	Platynematichthys notatus	Coroata	7,25	15.98	Dos Reis Lake	Brazil
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Coregonus maraena	Maraena Whitefish	7,08	15.61	Lake Syvälampi	Finland
characins	Citharinus citharus	Moonfish	7,00	15.43	Lake Turkana	West Africa, Central Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan
pufferfishes	Tetraodon mbu	Freshwater Puffer fish	7,00	15.43	Lake Tanganyika	DR Congo, Zambia, Burundi, Congo, Tanzania
Perciformes up 10 kg	Lates mariae	Bigeye Lates	7,00	15.43	Lake Tanganyika	Burundi
Perciformes up 10 kg	Parachromis managuensis	Jaguar Guapote	7,00	15.43	Lake Managua, Lake Nicaragua	Nicaragua
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Thymallus brevirostris	Mongolian Grayling	7,00	15.43	Great Lakes basin	Mongolia
Salmonidae over 10 kg	Coregonus clupeaformis	Lake Whitefish	6,97	15.37	Clear Lake	Canada
bony tongues	Heterotis niloticus	African Bonytongue	6,80	14.99	fishing lake Pattaya	Thailand
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Thymallus thymallus	European Grayling	6,70	14.77	Konnevesi Lake	Finland
characins	Distichodus nefasch	Nile Distichodus	6,20	13.67	Lake Turkana	Sudan, Chad, Kenya
carps 5-10 kg	Labeobarbus caudovittatus	Streak Yellowfish	6,00	13.23	Lake Tanganyika	DR Congo, Zambia, Tanzania
carps 5-10 kg	Deltistes luxatus	Lost River Sucker	6,00	13.23	Upper Klamath Lake	USA
carps 10-25 kg	Cirrhinus microlepis	Smallscale Mud Carp	6,00	13.23	Dreamlake Fishing Resort	Thailand
carps 5-10 kg	Labeobarbus megastoma	Lake Tana Yellowfish	6,00	13.23	Lake Tana	Ethiopia
catfishes up 10 kg	Bathyclarias worthingtoni	Nkopora	6,00	13.23	Lake Malawi	Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania
carps 5-10 kg	Hypsibarbus wetmorei	Lemon Barb	6,00	13.23	Chenderoh Lake	Malaysia
carps 5-10 kg	Leuciscus idus	Ide	5,50	12.13	Lake Lubāns	Latvia
carps 5-10 kg	Moxostoma valenciennesi	Greater Redhorse	5,36	11.82	Upper South Long Lake	USA
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Oncorhynchus aguabonita	Golden Trout	5,10	11.24	Cook Lake	USA
carps 10-25 kg	Cyclocheilichthys enoplos	Soldier River Barb	5,05	11.13	IT Monster Lake	Thailand
carps up 5 kg	Labeobarbus johnstonii	Short-tail Yellowfish	5,00	11.02	Lake Malawi	Malawi
carps up 5 kg	Labeobarbus nedgia	Ethiopian Yellowfish	5,00	11.02	Lake Tana	Ethiopia
carps up 5 kg	Labeo lineatus	Striped Labeo	5,00	11.02	Lake Kivu, Lake Mweru, Lake Bangweulu, Lake Tanganyika	Tanzania, DR Congo, Congo
catfishes up 10 kg	Bathyclarias foveolatus	Chimwamapumba	5,00	11.02	Lake Malawi	Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi
Perciformes up 10 kg	Glossogobius flavipinnis	Yellowfin Goby	5,00	11.02	Lake Towuti	Indonesia
catfishes up 10 kg	Bathyclarias filicibarbis	?	5,00	11.02	Lake Malawi	Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi
catfishes up 10 kg	Sorubim cuspicaudus	Trans-Andean Shovelnose Catfish	5,00	11.02	Lake Maracaibo	Colombia, Venezuela
Perciformes up 10 kg	Boulengerochromis microlepis	Giant Cichlid	5,00	11.02	Lake Tanganyika	Burundi
Perciformes up 10 kg	Mugilogobius sarasinorum	Sarasin's Goby	5,00	11.02	Lake Poso	Indonesia
carps up 5 kg	Labeo bottegi	Somali Labeo	5,00	11.02	Lake Abaya	Ethiopia
carps up 5 kg	Carassius carassius	Crucian Carp	4,90	10.80	Lake Vuohilampi	Finland
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Salmo carpio	Carpione	4,73	10.43	Lake Garda	Italy
carps up 5 kg	Carassius auratus	Goldfish	4,25	9.37	Lindo Lakes	USA
eels	Anguilla japonica	Japanese Eel	4,00	8.82	Soyang Lake	South Korea
Perciformes up 10 kg	Perca fluviatilis	European Perch	4,00	8.82	Laacher Lake	Germany
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Coregonus wartmanni	Blaufelchen	3,96	8.73	Lake Constance	Germany
carps up 5 kg	Scardinius erythrophthalmus	Rudd	3,62	7.98	Lake Vrana, Cres Island	Croatia
catfishes up 10 kg	Ameiurus nebulosus	Brown Bullhead	3,35	7.39	Lake Mahopac	USA
catfishes up 10 kg	Pelteobagrus ussuriensis	Ussuri Catfish	3,00	6.61	Chungchu Lake	South Korea
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Coregonus autumnalis	Arctic Cisco	2,90	6.39	Ulaagchny Khar Lake	Mongolia
carps up 5 kg	Rutilus rutilus	Roach	2,70	5.95	fishing lake Weddendorf	Germany
Perciformes up 10 kg	Sander volgensis	Volga Zander	2,20	4.85	Lake Tisza	Hungary
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Coregonus albula	Vendace	2,00	4.41	Lake Ladoga	Russia
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Coregonus widegreni	Valaam Whitefish	2,00	4.41	Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega	Russia
Salmonidae up 10 kg	Salvelinus murta	Murta Char	2,00	4.41	Lake Thingvalla	Iceland
carps up 5 kg	Scardinius graecus	Greek Rudd	1,00	2.20	Lake Para, Lake Yliki	Greece
catfishes over 50 kg	Bagarius suchus	Crocodile Catfish	0,50	1.10	fishing lake Exotic Fishing Thailand	Thailand