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: 21st May 2008, by Mr. Heinz Machacek

 

 

 

 

 

 







ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME   RECORD LENGTH
  still valid   centimetres ~ inches
         
SALMON-LIKE FISHES        
         
Taimen Hucho taimen S: 186 73
    F: 210 83
         
Huchen Hucho hucho S: approx. 180 approx. 71
    F:   186 73
    d: 210 83
         
Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha S: 150 59
    F: 160 63
         
? Salmo trutta caspius (trutta trutta) F: 150 59
         
Japanese Huchen Hucho perryi S: 111 44
    F: 210 83
         
Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar S: 149 59
    F: 184 72
    ?: 200 79
         
Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush S:  150 59
    F: 183 72
         
Inconnu Stenodus leucichthys S: 135 53
    F: 150 59
         
Lake Trout Salmo trutta lacustris S: 124 49
    F: 142 56
    ?: 160 63
         
Marmorata Salmo marmoratus S: 121 48
    F: 140 55
         
Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki S: 99 39
         
Brown Trout Salmo trutta fario S: 107 42
    F: 124 49
    ?: 170 67
         
Black Sea Salmon Salmo labrax F:  120 47
         
Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss S: 120 47
    ?: 150 59
         
Sea Trout Salmo trutta trutta S: 115 45
         
Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus keta S: 101 40
    F: 120 47
         
Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus S: 107 42
         
Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis S: 81 32
    F: 100 39
         
Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma S: 105 41
    F: 127 50
         
Ferox Trout Salmo ferox S: approx. 100 approx. 39
         
Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch S: 108 43
         
Sevan Trout Salmo ischchan F: 104 41
         
Broad Whitefish Coregonus nasus S: approx. 85 approx. 33
    F: 120 47
         
Dryanin's Char Salvelinus drjagini F: 90 35
         
Whitespotted Char Salvelinus leucomaenis S: 83 33
    F: 120 47
         
Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus S: 103 41
         
Muksun Coregonus muksun F: 94 37
         
Aral Trout Salmo trutta aralensis F: over 100 over 39
         
? Coregonus maraena S: 86 34
    F: approx. 100 approx. 39
    ?: 130 51
         
Korean Huchen Hucho ishikawae F:  100 39
         
Powan Coregonus lavaretus S: over 80 over 31
    F: 97 38
         
Ohrid Trout Salmo letnica S: 77 30
    F: approx. 90 approx. 35
         
Adriatic Trout Salmothymus obtusirostris F: approx. 90 approx. 35
         
Cherry Salmon Oncorhynchus masou S: 71 28
    F: approx. 90 approx. 35
         
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis S: 86 34
    F: approx. 90 approx. 35
         
Lenok Brachymystax lenok S: 76 30
    F: 89 35
    ?: 105 41
         
Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka S: 80 31
    F: 85 33
         
Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha S: 79 31
         
European Grayling Thymallus thymallus S: 72 28
    ?: 100 39
         
Golden Trout Oncorhynchus aguabonita S: 71 28
         
? Salmo trutta macrostigma F:  over 80 over 31
         
Peled Coregonus peled F: 75 30
         
Mongolian Grayling Thymallus brevirostris S: approx. 70 approx. 28
    F: 75 30
    ?: 100 39
         
? Salmo dentex F:  approx. 75 approx. 30
         
Arctic Grayling Thymallus arcticus S: 76 30
         
? Coregonus wartmanni S: 68 27
         
Asp Houting Coregonus pallasii F: over 60 over 24
         
Arctic Cisco Coregonus autumnalis F: 64 25
         
Houting Coregonus oxyrinchus S: 58 23
    F: 60 24
         
Large Bottom Whitefish Coregonus pidschian F: 52 20
         
Valaam Whitefish Coregonus widegreni F: 50 20
         
Vendace Coregonus albula S: approx. 40 approx. 16
    F: 45 18