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        
                   
CHARACINS                
                 
Giant Tigerfish Hydrocynus goliath   S: 58,00 127 lb 14 oz Lufubu River Zambia 19__
      F: 70,00 154 lb 5 oz Zaire River system Zaire, Congo, Tanzania unknown
      ?: 115,00 253 lb 9 oz Zaire River system, Lake Tanganyika Zaire, Congo, Tanzania unknown
                 
Black Pacu Colossoma macropomum   S: 40,00 88 lb 3 oz fishing lake Tio Oscar Brazil 200_
      S: tie 40,00 tie 88 lb 3 oz fishing lake Tio Oscar Brazil 200_
      F: 50,00 110 lb 4 oz Amazon River Brazil unknown
                 
Aymara Hoplias aimara   S: 15,00 33 lb 1 oz   French Guiana  2002
      F: 40,00 88 lb 3 oz   French Guiana, Venezuela unknown
                 
Dorado Salminus brasiliensis   S: 31,40 69 lb 4 oz Rio Bermejo Argentina 1971
      F: 34,00 74 lb 15 oz Rio Parana Argentina unknown
                 
Payara Hydrolycus scomberoides IGFA S: 17,80 39 lb 4 oz Uraima Falls, Rio Paragua Venezuela 1996
      F: 30,00 66 lb 2 oz Orinoco River system, Amazon River system Venezuela, Brazil, Peru unknown
                 
Tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus IGFA S: 16,10 35 lb 8 oz Kariba Reservoir Zimbabwe 2001
      S?: 28,00 61 lb 12 oz   West-, Central-, East Africa unknown
      ?: 36,00 79 lb 6 oz   West-, Central-, East Africa unknown
                 
Pirapitinga Piaractus brachypomus IGFA S: 19,96 44 lb 0 oz Ft. Lauderdale USA 2000
      F: 25,00 55 lb 2 oz Orinoco River system, Amazon River system Venezuela, Brazil, Peru unknown
                 
Giant Trahira Hoplias macrophthalmus IGFA S: 13,15 29 lb 0 oz Uraima Falls, Rio Paragua Venezuela 2001
      S:  tie 13,15 tie 29 lb 0 oz Rio Xingu Brazil 2001
      F: over 22,50 over 50 lb Amazon River system Brazil unknown
                 
? Hoplias lacerdae   S: 12,48 27 lb 8 oz   Brazil 200_
      F: 20,00 44 lb 1 oz Parana River system Brazil unknown
                 
? Piaractus mesopotamicus IGFA S: 9,58 21 lb 2 oz Rio Parana Argentina 1993
      F: 20,00 44 lb 1 oz Parana River system Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina unknown
                 
Sixbar Distichodus Distichodus sexfasciatus   F:  approx. 20,00 approx. 44 lb Zaire River system, Lake Tanganyika Zaire, Angola, Tanzania unknown
                 
Moonfish Citharinops distichodoides   F: 18,00 39 lb 11 oz Volta River, Niger River, Chad River Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon unknown
                 
Moonfish Citharinus latus   F: 18,00 39 lb 11 oz Senegal River to Lake Albert West-, East Africa unknown
                 
Tigerfish Hydrocynus forskahlii   F: 15,50 34 lb 3 oz   West-, Central-, East Africa unknown
                 
? Brycon orbignyanus   S: 6,00 13 lb 4 oz Rio Parana Brazil 200_
      F: 10,00 22 lb 1 oz Parana River system Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay unknown
                 
? Distichodus antonii   F: 10,00 22 lb 1 oz Zaire River system Zaire unknown
                 
? Citharinus macrolepis   F:  approx. 10,00 approx. 22 lb Zaire River system Zaire, Congo unknown
                 
? Citharidium ansorgii   F: 9,12 20 lb 2 oz Niger River system Nigeria unknown
                 
Tigerfish Hydrocynus brevis   F: 8,25 18 lb 3 oz Gambia, Senegal, Volta, Niger, Chad, Nile Senegal to Sudan unknown
                 
Curimbata Prochilodus lineatus   S: 7,20 15 lb 14 oz Rio de Contas Brazil 200_
      F: 8,00 17 lb 10 oz   Brazil unknown
                 
Nkupe Distichodus mossambicus   S: 7,56 16 lb 11 oz Kariba Reservoir Zimbabwe 1993
                 
Moonfish Citharinus citharus   F: 7,00 15 lb 7 oz Nile, Chad, Senegal, Lake Albert, Lake Turkana West-, East Africa unknown
                 
? Boulengerella cuvieri IGFA S:  6,80 15 lb 0 oz Rio Teles Pires Brazil 2002
                 
? Brycon falcatus IGFA S:  6,80 15 lb 0 oz Uraima Falls, Rio Paragua Venezuela 2005
                 
? Leporinus elongatus   S: 6,75 14 lb 14 oz Sao Francisco River system, Parana River system Brazil 200_
                 
Chessa Distichodus schenga   S: 6,35 14 lb 0 oz Kariba Reservoir Zimbabwe 1973
      F: 6,38 14 lb 1 oz   Zimbabwe 1988
                 
Grass-eater Distichodus rostratus   F: 6,25 13 lb 12 oz Gambia, Senegal, Volta, Niger, Chad, Nile Senegal to Sudan unknown
                 
? Distichodus niloticus   F: 6,20 13 lb 11 oz Chad River, Nile River, Lake Turkana Chad, Sudan, Kenya unknown
                 
? Distichodus brevipinnis   F: 6,00 13 lb 4 oz Gambia, Senegal, Volta, Niger, Chad, Nile Senegal to Sudan unknown
                 
? Leporinus obtusidens IGFA S: 3,62 8 lb 0 oz Rio Parana Argentina  2006
      F: 6,00 13 lb 4 oz Parana River system, Sao Francisco River system Argentina, Brazil unknown
                 
San Francisco Piranha Pygocentrus piraya IGFA S: 3,18 7 lb 0 oz Rio Autana Venezuela 1995
      F: 5,90 13 lb 0 oz Sao Francisco River system Brazil unknown
                 
Spotted Pike-Characin Boulengerella maculata IGFA S: 5,30 11 lb 11 oz Rio Xingu Brazil 2001