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
       
BONY TONGUES      
       
Pirarucu Arapaima gigas S/F: 33
       
Giant Featherback Chitala lopis S/F:  
       
Australian Bonytongue Scleropages jardinii S/F:  
       
Indochina Featherback Chitala blanci S/F:  
       
Thousand Dollar Knifefish Chitala chitala S/F:  
       
Aba Gymnarchus niloticus S/F: 24
       
Cornish Jack Mormyrops anguilloides S/F: 24
       
Elephantsnout Fish Mormyrus kannume S/F:   
       
Mormyrids Mormyrus rume S/F: 6
       
? Mormyrus caschive S/F:  
       
Clown Featherback Chitala ornata S/F:    
       
African Bonytongue Heterotis niloticus S/F: 7
       
Eastern Bottlenose Mormyrid Mormyrus longirostris S/F:  
       
Arawana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum S/F:  
       
Asian Bonytongue Scleropages formosus S/F:  
       
Black Arawana Osteoglossum ferreirai S/F:   
       
Spotted Bonytongue Scleropages leichardti S/F: