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      
                 
PERCH-LIKE FISHES                
                 
Nile Perch Lates niloticus   S:  approx. 125,00 approx. 276 lb Lake Nasser Egypt 199_
      F: 350,00 771 lb 10 oz Lake Victoria Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya 19__
                 
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii   S: 50,40 111 lb 2 oz Murray River Australia 19__
      F: 113,50 250 lb 4 oz Barwon River Australia 1902
      ?: 130,00 286 lb 10 oz Murray-Darling-River system Australia unknown
                 
Tanganyika Lates Lates angustifrons   S: 6,60 14 lb 9 oz Lake Tanganyika Zambia  1998
      F: 80,00 176 lb 6 oz Lake Tanganyika Zambia 196_
                 
Barramundi Lates calcarifer IGFA S: 37,85 83 lb 7 oz Lake Tinaroo Australia 1999
      F: 60,78 134 lb 0 oz Northern Territory Australia unknown
      ?:  approx. 100,00 approx. 220 lb   Indonesia unknown
                 
Striped Bass Morone saxatilis IGFA S: 35,61 78 lb 8 oz Atlantic coast near Atlantic City USA 1982
      F: 56,70 125 lb 0 oz North Carolina USA 1891
                 
? Macrospinosa cuja   F: approx. 50,00 approx. 110 lb Ganges River India unknown
                 
Clarence River Cod Maccullochella ikei   F: 49,50 109 lb 2 oz Clarence River Australia unknown
                 
Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens IGFA S: 24,72 54 lb 8 oz Nickajack Reservoir USA 1972
      F: 45,00 99 lb 3 oz   USA unknown
      ?: 90,00 198 lb 7 oz   USA unknown
                 
Japanese Lates Lates japonicus IGFA S: 33,00 72 lb 12 oz Shimanto River Japan 1996
      F:  approx. 45,00 approx. 99 lb   Japan unknown
                 
Forktail Lates Lates microlepis IGFA S: 8,30 18 lb 5 oz Lake Tanganyika Zambia 1987
      F:  approx. 35,00 approx. 77 lb Lake Tanganyika Zaire, Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi unknown
                 
Giant Snakehead Channa micropeltes   S: 15,00 33 lb 1 oz Kwae River system Thailand 19__
      F:  over 30,00 over 66 lb Temengor Reservoir Malaysia 19__
                 
Great Snakehead Channa marulius   S: 12,15 26 lb 13 oz Liaoning Province China 2001
      F: 30,00 66 lb 2 oz Maharashtra Province India unknown
      ?:   over 35,00 over 77 lb   Pakistan to Indonesia unknown
                 
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua   S: 9,53 21 lb 0 oz Lake Hume Australia 1995
      F: 27,00 59 lb 8 oz   Australia unknown
                 
Papuan Black Snapper Lutjanus goldiei   S: 22,00 48 lb 8 oz Fly River Papua New Guinea 2003
      F: 22,68 50 lb 0 oz   Papua New Guinea unknown
                 
Zander Sander lucioperca   S: 19,00 41 lb 14 oz Starnberger Lake Germany 1959
      F: 20,00 44 lb 1 oz Dnyepr River Belorussia unknown
                 
Speckled Peacock Cichla temensis IGFA S: 12,25 27 lb 0 oz Rio Negro Brazil 1994
      F: 20,00 44 lb 1 oz Rio Orinoco, Rio Negro Venezuela, Brazil unknown
                 
Striped Snakehead Channa striata   S: 6,00 13 lb 4 oz Prathum Thani Pond Thailand 2003
      S:  tie 6,00 tie 13 lb 4 oz Bersia Reservoir Malaysia 1985
      F:  approx. 20,00 approx. 44 lb reservoir on Oahu, Hawaii USA unknown
                 
Boeseman Croaker Boesemania microlepis IGFA S: 7,00 15 lb 7 oz Chao Phraya River Thailand 1998
      F: 18,00 39 lb 11 oz Mekong River Laos unknown
                 
Trout Cod Maccullochella macquariensis   S: 7,71 17 lb 0 oz Talbingo Reservoir Australia 2006
      F: 16,00 35 lb 4 oz Murray-Darling-River system Australia unknown
                 
Giant Gourami Osphronemus goramy   S: 6,00 13 lb 4 oz Kuala Kemapan Malaysia 1996
      F: 15,00 33 lb 1 oz Temengor Reservoir Malaysia unknown
                 
Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides   S: 11,23 24 lb 12 oz Lake Tohopekaliga USA 1974
      F: 12,00 26 lb 7 oz Florida USA unknown
      ?: 15,00 33 lb 1 oz Treasure Lake Cuba 19__
                 
Barca Snakehead Channa barca   F:  approx. 12,00 approx. 26 lb   India, Bangladesh unknown
                 
Borna Snakehead Channa amphibeus   F:   approx. 12,00 approx. 26 lb   India, Bhutan  unknown
                 
Turquoise Cichlid Caquetaia umbrifera IGFA S: 1,81 4 lb 0 oz Rio Claro Colombia 2003
      F:   approx. 12,00 approx. 26 lb   Panama, Colombia unknown
                 
Giant Cichlid Boulengerochromis microlepis   F:  approx. 12,00 approx. 26 lb Lake Tanganyika Zaire, Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi unknown
                 
Walleye Sander vitreus   S: 10,29 22 lb 11 oz Greer's Ferry Lake USA 1982
    IGFA ?: 11,34 25 lb 0 oz Old Hickory Lake USA 1960
                 
Chinese Perch Siniperca chuatsi   S: 10,20 22 lb 8 oz Anhui Province China 1999
                 
Volga Zander Sander volgensis   S: 3,20 7 lb 1 oz Danube River Hungary 19__
      F: 10,00 22 lb 1 oz tributaries of the Black and Caspian Sea Hungary to Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine unknown
                 
Orinoco Peacock Cichla orinocensis IGFA S: 6,22 13 lb 11 oz Tiznados Lake Venezuela  2002
      F: 10,00 22 lb 1 oz Rio Orinoco, Rio Negro Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil unknown
                 
Estuary Perch Macquaria colonorum   S: 3,78 8 lb 5 oz