W O R L D R E C O R D S | OLDEST SPECIMEN


Official and informal world records of freshwater fishes
Record age
last update: 11th February 2007, by Mr. Heinz Machacek

 

 

 

 

 

 







ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME   RECORD AGE
  still valid   years
       
EELS      
       
Speckled Longfin Eel Anguilla reinhardtii S/F: 41
       
Giant Mottled Eel Anguilla marmorata S/F: 40
       
New Zealand Longfin Eel Anguilla dieffenbachii S/F: over 100
       
Mottled Eel Anguilla nebulosa S/F:  
       
Polynesian Longfin Eel Anguilla megastoma S/F:  
       
African Mottled Eel Anguilla bengalensis S/F: over 15
       
Celebes Longfin Eel Anguilla celebesensis S/F:   
       
Shortfin Eel Anguilla australis S/F: 97
       
European Eel Anguilla anguilla S/F: 88
       
American Eel Anguilla rostrata S/F: 43
       
Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica S/F:  
       
African Longfin Eel Anguilla mossambica S/F: 20