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
       
PERCH-LIKE FISHES      
       
Nile Perch Lates niloticus S/F: 17
       
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii S/F: 60
    ?: 100
       
Tanganyika Lates Lates angustifrons S/F:  
       
Barramundi Lates calcarifer S/F:  
       
Striped Bass Morone saxatilis S/F: 36
       
? Macrospinosa cuja S/F:  
       
Clarence River Cod Maccullochella ikei S/F:  
       
Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens S/F: 10
       
Japanese Lates Lates japonicus S/F:  
       
Forktail Lates Lates microlepis S/F: 13
       
Giant Snakehead Channa micropeltes S/F: over 10
       
Great Snakehead Channa marulius S/F:  
       
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua S/F: 26
       
Papuan Black Snapper Lutjanus goldiei S/F:  
       
Zander Sander lucioperca S/F: 30
       
Speckled Peacock Cichla temensis S/F:  
       
Striped Snakehead Channa striata S/F:  
       
Boeseman Croaker Boesemania microlepis S/F:  
       
Trout Cod Maccullochella macquariensis S/F:  
       
Giant Gourami Osphronemus goramy S/F:  
       
Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides S/F: over 25
       
Barca Snakehead Channa barca S/F:   
       
Borna Snakehead Channa amphibeus S/F:    
       
Turquoise Cichlid Caquetaia umbrifera S/F:  
       
Giant Cichlid Boulengerochromis microlepis S/F:  14
       
Walleye Sander vitreus S/F: 29
    ?: 58
       
Chinese Perch Siniperca chuatsi S/F: 19
       
Volga Zander Sander volgensis S/F:  
       
Orinoco Peacock Cichla orinocensis S/F:  
       
Estuary Perch Macquaria colonorum S/F:  
       
Bigmouth Sleeper Gobiomorus dormitor S/F:  
       
Chameleon Cichlid Cichlasoma facetum S/F:  10
       
Jaguar Guapote Parachromis managuensis S/F:  
       
Snakehead/Amur Snakehead Channa argus S/F:  
       
? Cichla monoculus S/F:  
       
Creole Perch Percichthys trucha S/F:  
       
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus S/F: 9
       
Silver Perch Bidyanus bidyanus S/F: 10
       
Freshwater Mullet Myxus petardi S/F: 18
       
European Perch Perca fluviatilis S/F: 25
       
Butterfly Peacock Cichla ocellaris S/F:  
       
Guapote Parachromis dovii S/F:  
       
Black Bream Hephaestus fuliginosus S/F:  
       
Yellow-belly Bream Serranochromis robustus S/F: 6
       
River Blackfish Gadopsis marmoratus S/F:  
       
Blackstriped Peacock Cichla intermedia S/F:  
       
Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu S/F: 26
       
Bigeye Lates Lates mariae S/F:  13
       
Sarasin's Goby Mugilogobius sarasinorum S/F:   
       
? Glossogobius flavipinnis S/F:   
       
Nurseryfish Kurtus gulliveri S/F:   
       
Zingel Zingel zingel S/F: