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

 

 

 

 

 

 







ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME   RECORD LENGTH
  still valid   centimetres ~ inches
         
BONY TONGUES        
         
Pirarucu Arapaima gigas S:  263 104
    F: 305 120
    ?: over 450 over 177
         
Giant Featherback Chitala lopis S: over 150 over 59
         
Australian Bonytongue Scleropages jardinii S: approx. 80 approx. 31
    F: approx. 130 approx. 51
         
Indochina Featherback Chitala blanci S: approx. 110 approx. 43
    F:  over 120 over 47
         
Thousand Dollar Knifefish Chitala chitala S: 84 33
    F:  over 122 over 48
         
Aba Gymnarchus niloticus F: 180 71
         
Cornish Jack Mormyrops anguilloides S: approx. 120 approx. 47
    F: 150 59
         
Elephantsnout Fish Mormyrus kannume F:  over 100 over 39
         
Mormyrids Mormyrus rume F: over 100 over 39
         
? Mormyrus caschive F:  100 39
         
Clown Featherback Chitala ornata S:   approx. 90 approx. 35
    F:  over 100 over 39
         
African Bonytongue Heterotis niloticus F: 100 39
         
Eastern Bottlenose Mormyrid Mormyrus longirostris S: 80 31
         
Arawana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum S: 94 37
    F:  120 47
         
Asian Bonytongue Scleropages formosus S: 90 35
         
Black Arawana Osteoglossum ferreirai F:  100 39
         
Spotted Bonytongue Scleropages leichardti S: approx. 90 approx. 35
    F:  over 90 over 35