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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 | ||
| 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 | ||