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        
                   
EELS                
                 
Speckled Longfin Eel Anguilla reinhardtii   S:  over 10,00 over 22 lb   Australia 19__
      F: 45,00 99 lb 3 oz South Australia, Victoria, Queensland Australia unknown
      ?:  approx. 100,00 approx. 220 lb fish-hatchery near Melbourne Australia 2005
                 
Giant Mottled Eel Anguilla marmorata IGFA S: 16,36 36 lb 1 oz Hazelmere Dam South Africa 1984
      F: 27,20 59 lb 15 oz   East Africa to Polynesia, Japan unknown
                 
New Zealand Longfin Eel Anguilla dieffenbachii   S: 15,00 33 lb 1 oz Selwyn River New Zealand 1981
      F: 24,00 52 lb 15 oz Lake Waihola New Zealand 1974
      ?: 59,00 130 lb 1 oz   New Zealand 195_
      ?: 32,00 70 lb 9 oz Lake Wakatipu New Zealand 18__
                 
Mottled Eel Anguilla nebulosa   S: 20,64 45 lb 8 oz Crocodile River South Africa 19__
      F: 23,00 50 lb 11 oz Zambezi River system Mozambique unknown
                 
Polynesian Longfin Eel Anguilla megastoma   F: 22,19 48 lb 15 oz Sulawesi to Pitcairn Islands Indonesia to Pitcairn unknown
                 
African Mottled Eel Anguilla bengalensis   S: 18,25 40 lb 4 oz Lake Mtirikwe Zimbabwe 1976
      F: 20,00 44 lb 1 oz   Kenya to South Africa unknown
                 
Celebes Longfin Eel Anguilla celebesensis   F:  approx. 10,00 approx. 22 lb   Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines unknown
                 
Shortfin Eel Anguilla australis IGFA S: 7,48 16 lb 8 oz Lake Bolac Australia 1998
      F: 9,00 19 lb 13 oz North Island New Zealand unknown
                 
European Eel Anguilla anguilla   S: 7,00 15 lb 7 oz Orlik Reservoir Czech Republic 1987
      F: 8,25 18 lb 3 oz Cuckmere River Great Britain 192_
      ?: 14,00 30 lb 14 oz   Europe unknown
                 
American Eel Anguilla rostrata   S: 4,62 10 lb 3 oz Shetucket River USA 1993
      F: 7,50 16 lb 9 oz Nova Scotia Canada unknown
                 
Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica   S: approx. 4,00 approx. 9 lb  Soyang Lake Korea 1999
      F: 6,13 13 lb 8 oz   Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Philippines unknown
                 
African Longfin Eel Anguilla mossambica   S: 5,38 11 lb 14 oz Roodeplaat Reservoir South Africa 19__