| Sturgeons
| Eels
| Salmon-like
Fishes
| Pikes
| Carp-like Fishes | Characins | Catfishes | Perch-like Fishes | Gars | Bony Tongues | Skates/Rays | Others |
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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
| ENGLISH NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME | RECORD LENGTH | ||
| still valid | centimetres | ~ inches | ||
| GARS | ||||
| Alligator Gar | Atractosteus spatula | S: | 249 | 98 |
| F: | 305 | 120 | ||
| ?: | 610 | 240 | ||
| Longnose Gar | Lepisosteus osseus | S: | 200 | 79 |
| Cuban Gar | Atractosteus tristoechus | F: | 200 | 79 |
| Florida Gar | Lepisosteus platyrhincus | S: | 91 | 36 |
| F: | 142 | 56 | ||
| Tropical Gar | Atractosteus tropicus | S: | 93 | 37 |
| F: | over 125 | over 49 | ||
| Spotted Gar | Lepisosteus oculatus | S: | 128 | 50 |
| Shortnose Gar | Lepisosteus platostomus | S: | 120 | 47 |