ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME   RECORD LENGTH  
  still valid   centimetres ~ inches    
           
STURGEONS        
         
Beluga Sturgeon Huso huso S:  348 137
    F: 900 354
         
Kaluga Sturgeon Huso dauricus F: 560 220
    ?: 900 354
         
White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus S:  455 179
    F: 610 240
    ?: 670 264
         
Common Sturgeon Acipenser sturio S: 156 61
    F: 600 236
         
Chinese Sturgeon Acipenser sinensis F:  over 400 over 157
    ?: 500 197
         
Chinese Paddlefish Psephurus gladius F: over 700 over 276
         
Atlantic/Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus S: approx. 150 approx. 59
    F: 427 168
         
Siberian Sturgeon Acipenser baerii S: 126 50
    F: over 200 over 79
         
Amur Sturgeon Acipenser schrenckii F: 300 118
         
Russian Sturgeon Acipenser gueldenstaedtii S: approx. 110 approx. 43
    F: 235 93
    ?: 400 157
         
Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris S: 244 96
    F: 250 98
         
Adriatic Sturgeon Acipenser naccarii S: 162 64
    F: 200 79
         
Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens S: 221 87
    F: 241 95
    ?: 274 108
         
Ship Sturgeon Acipenser nudiventris S: approx. 200 approx. 79
    F: 221 87
         
Paddlefish Polyodon spathula S: 210 83
    F: 221 87
         
Yangtze Sturgeon Acipenser dabryanus F:  250 98
         
Persian Sturgeon Acipenser persicus F: 242 95
         
Stellate Sturgeon Acipenser stellatus S: approx. 130 approx. 51
    F: 221 87
    ?: 290 114
         
Sakhalin Sturgeon Acipenser mikadoi F: 205 81
         
Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus S: approx. 150 approx. 59
    F: 183 72
         
Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum S: approx. 110 approx. 43
    F:   143 56
         
Sterlet Acipenser ruthenus S: 107 42
    F: 125 49
         
Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus S: 102 40
    F: 106 42
         

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Official and informal world records of freshwater fishes
Record length
last update: 4th November 2007, by Mr. Heinz Machacek