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    
           
HERRING-LIKE FISHES        
         
Amazon Pellona Pellona castelnaeana S: over 80 over 31
    F: approx. 90 approx. 35
         
American Shad Alosa sapidissima S: 71 28
    F: 76 30
         
Yellowfin River Pellona Pellona flavipinnis S: approx. 60 approx. 24
    F:  73 29
         
Allis Shad Alosa alosa S: 67 26
    F:  83 33
         
Twaite Shad Alosa fallax S: 56 22
    F: over 60 over 24
         
COD-LIKE FISHES        
         
Burbot Lota lota S: 114 45
    F: 152 60
    ?: 210 83
         
BOWFINS        
         
Bowfin Amia calva S: 109 43
         
LUNGFISHES        
         
Marbled Lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus F: 200 79
         
Australian Lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri F: 180 71
         
South American Lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxa F:  150 59
         
Slender Lungfish Protopterus dolloi F: 130 51
         
West African Lungfish Protopterus annectens F:  100 39
         
SPINY EELS        
         
Marbled Swamp Eel Synbranchus marmoratus F:  150 59
         
PUFFERFISHES        
         
Freshwater Puffer fish Tetraodon mbu F:  75 30
         
KNIFEFISHES        
         
Electric Eel Electrophorus electricus S:  over 200 over 79
    F: 280 110
         
Longtail Knifefish Sternopygus macrurus F:  141 56
         
? Rhamphichthys rostratus F:  180 71
         
? Apteronotus magdalenensis F:  129 51
         
SILVERSIDES        
         
Pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis S: approx. 75 approx. 30
    F: approx. 90 approx. 35