W O R L D R E C O R D S | HEAVIEST SPECIMEN


Official and informal world records of freshwater fishes
Record weight
last update: 4th November 2007, by Mr. Heinz Machacek

 

 

 

 

 

 







ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME IGFA   RECORD WEIGHT WATER COUNTRY YEAR  
  still valid     kilograms ~ lbs ozs        
                   
STURGEONS                
                 
Beluga Sturgeon Huso huso   S:  approx. 400,00 approx. 882 lb Ural Delta Kazakhstan 1998
      F: 1524,00 3359 lb 14 oz Caspian Sea Russia 1827
      ?: 2072,00 4568 lb 0 oz Caspian Sea Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan unknown
      ?: 1850,00 4078 lb 9 oz Volga Delta Russia 1999
                 
Kaluga Sturgeon Huso dauricus   F: 1140,00 2513 lb 5 oz Amur River system Russia, China unknown
      ?: 1500,00 3306 lb 15 oz Amur River system Russia, China unknown
                 
White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus   S:  approx. 680,50 approx. 1500 lb Fraser River Canada 2002
      F: 831,00 1832 lb 1 oz estuary of Fraser River Canada 1897
      ?: 910,00 2006 lb 3 oz San Pablo Bay USA unknown
      ?: 907,00 1999 lb 10 oz Columbia River system USA 1893
                 
Common Sturgeon Acipenser sturio   S: 26,00 57 lb 5 oz Candia Lomellina Italy 2001
      S: 176,00 388 lb 0 oz Towey River (foul-hooked) Great Britain 1933
      F: 600,00 1322 lb 12 oz Atlantic coast Europe unknown
      ?: 1000,00 2204 lb 10 oz Atlantic coast Europe unknown
                 
Chinese Sturgeon Acipenser sinensis   F:  over 550,00 over 1213 lb Yangtze River system, Yellow-, Eastchinese Sea China, Japan unknown
      ?: 1000,00 2204 lb 10 oz Yangtze River system, Yellow-, Eastchinese Sea China, Japan unknown
      ?: 680,00 1499 lb 2 oz Dongting Lake China  unknown
                 
Chinese Paddlefish Psephurus gladius   F: 500,00 1102 lb 5 oz Yangtze River system China unknown
                 
Atlantic/Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus   S: 37,19 82 lb 0 oz Atlantic coast near Sandy Hook USA 1994
      F: 368,00 811 lb 5 oz Middle Island, near estuary of St.John River Canada 1924
                 
Siberian Sturgeon Acipenser baerii   S: 21,60 47 lb 10 oz Waldsee Maroth Germany 2005
      F: 210,00 463 lb 0 oz Ob River, Irtysh River, Yenissei River Russia unknown
                 
Amur Sturgeon Acipenser schrenckii   F: 200,00 440 lb 15 oz Amur River system Russia, China unknown
                 
Russian Sturgeon Acipenser gueldenstaedtii   S: 9,96 21 lb 15 oz Maconkai-viztarozo Lake Hungary 2006
      F: 160,00 352 lb 12 oz Black, Caspian Seas Romania, Bulgaria, former USSR, Turkey, Iran unknown
                 
Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris   S: approx. 150,00 approx. 331 lb Columbia River USA  2000
      F: 159,00 350 lb 9 oz Pacific coast USA, Canada unknown
                 
Adriatic Sturgeon Acipenser naccarii   S: approx. 40,00 approx. 88 lb Po River Italy  2005
      F: 150,00 330 lb 11 oz Adriatic coast Italy to Albania unknown
                 
Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens   S: 87,54 193 lb 0 oz Mullet Lake USA 1974
      F: 140,61 310 lb 0 oz Lake Superior Canada 1922
      F:  tie 140,61 tie 310 lb 0 oz Lake Michigan USA 1943
      S?: 122,58 270 lb 4 oz South Saskatchewan River Canada 1962
      ?: 181,44 400 lb 0 oz Roseau River Canada 1905
                 
Ship Sturgeon Acipenser nudiventris   S: 60,00 132 lb 4 oz Ural Delta Kazakhstan 1993
      F: 127,00 280 lb 0 oz Volga River Russia 1925
                 
Paddlefish Polyodon spathula   S: 65,32 144 lb 0 oz Atchison Watershed Dam no. 7 USA 2004
      F: over 90,00 over 198 lb Lake Okoboji USA 1916
      ?: 181,44 400 lb 0 oz Mississippi-Missouri-River system USA 18__
                 
Yangtze Sturgeon Acipenser dabryanus   F:  over 80,00 over 176 lb Yangtze River system, Hoangho River system China unknown
                 
Persian Sturgeon Acipenser persicus   F: 76,00 167 lb 9 oz Caspian Sea Iran unknown
                 
Stellate Sturgeon Acipenser stellatus   S: 10,00 22 lb 1 oz Ural Delta Kazakhstan 1993
      F: 68,00 149 lb 15 oz Kura River Azerbaijan 1910
      ?: over 80,00 over 176 lb Black, Caspian Seas Romania, Bulgaria, former USSR, Turkey, Iran unknown
                 
Sakhalin Sturgeon Acipenser mikadoi   F: 61,00 134 lb 8 oz Pacific coast Russia, China, Japan, Korea unknown
                 
Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus   S: 27,22 60 lb 0 oz Yellowstone River USA 1979
      F: 45,00 99 lb 3 oz Mississippi-Missouri-River system USA unknown
      ?: 130,00 286 lb 10 oz Mississippi-Missouri-River system USA unknown
                 
Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum   S: 10,38 22 lb 14 oz Kennebacis River Canada 1995
      F:   45,00 99 lb 3 oz St. John River to St. John's River, Florida USA, Canada unknown
                 
Sterlet Acipenser ruthenus   S: 8,00 17 lb 10 oz Feistritzer Reservoir Austria 2002
      F: 16,00 35 lb 4 oz tributaries of the Black and Caspian Sea East Europe, former USSR, Iran unknown
      S?:  approx. 11,00 approx. 24 lb Derdap Reservoir Serbia 19__
      ?: 17,20 37 lb 15 oz Kama River Russia 1922
      ?: 17,20 37 lb 15 oz Volga Delta Russia 18__
                 
Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus   S: 6,58 14 lb 8 oz Wabash River USA 1999
      F: 8,17 18 lb 0 oz Mississippi-Missouri-River system USA unknown