ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME   RECORD LENGTH
  still valid   centimetres ~ inches
         
EELS        
         
Speckled Longfin Eel Anguilla reinhardtii S:  approx. 150 approx. 59
    F: over 200 over 79
    ?:  over 300 over 118
         
Giant Mottled Eel Anguilla marmorata S: approx. 170 approx. 67
    F: 200 79
         
New Zealand Longfin Eel Anguilla dieffenbachii S: approx. 150 approx. 59
    F: 180 71
    ?: 213 84
         
Mottled Eel Anguilla nebulosa S: approx. 170 approx. 67
    F: 180 71
         
Polynesian Longfin Eel Anguilla megastoma F: approx. 180 approx. 71
         
African Mottled Eel Anguilla bengalensis S: approx. 170 approx. 67
    F: 175 69
         
Celebes Longfin Eel Anguilla celebesensis F:  150 59
         
Shortfin Eel Anguilla australis S: 130 51
    F: approx. 150 approx. 59
         
European Eel Anguilla anguilla S: 144 57
    F: 152 60
    ?: 200 79
         
American Eel Anguilla rostrata S: approx. 120 approx. 47
    F: 152 60
         
Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica S: 126 50
    F: 150 59
         
African Longfin Eel Anguilla mossambica S: 150 59
         

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


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