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
       
HERRING-LIKE FISHES      
       
Amazon Pellona Pellona castelnaeana S/F:  
       
American Shad Alosa sapidissima S/F: 22
       
Yellowfin River Pellona Pellona flavipinnis S/F:   
       
Allis Shad Alosa alosa S/F:  11
       
Twaite Shad Alosa fallax S/F: 25
       
COD-LIKE FISHES      
       
Burbot Lota lota S/F: over 22
       
BOWFINS      
       
Bowfin Amia calva S/F: 30
       
LUNGFISHES      
       
Marbled Lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus S/F: over 30
       
Australian Lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri S/F: 100
       
South American Lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxa S/F:  over 30
       
Slender Lungfish Protopterus dolloi S/F: over 30
       
West African Lungfish Protopterus annectens S/F:  over 30
       
SPINY EELS      
       
Marbled Swamp Eel Synbranchus marmoratus S/F:   
       
PUFFERFISHES      
       
Freshwater Puffer fish Tetraodon mbu S/F:   
       
KNIFEFISHES      
       
Electric Eel Electrophorus electricus S/F:   
       
Longtail Knifefish Sternopygus macrurus S/F:   
       
? Rhamphichthys rostratus S/F:   
       
? Apteronotus magdalenensis S/F:   
       
SILVERSIDES      
       
Pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis S/F: