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        
                   
BONY TONGUES                
                 
Pirarucu Arapaima gigas   S:  185,00 407 lb 14 oz Bung Sam Lan Lake Thailand 2001
      F: 250,00 551 lb 3 oz Bung Sam Lan Lake Thailand 200_
      ?: 400,00 881 lb 14 oz Amazon River system Brazil unknown
                 
Giant Featherback Chitala lopis   S: 27,00 59 lb 8 oz Kenering Reservoir Malaysia 19__
                 
Australian Bonytongue Scleropages jardinii   S: 4,50 9 lb 15 oz Cattle Creek Australia 2001
      F: 27,00 59 lb 8 oz   Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia unknown
                 
Indochina Featherback Chitala blanci   S: 17,00 37 lb 8 oz Srinakarin Reservoir Thailand  19__
      F:  20,00 44 lb 1 oz Mekong River Thailand, Laos, Cambodia unknown
                 
Thousand Dollar Knifefish Chitala chitala IGFA S: 5,78 12 lb 12 oz Lake Eden Delray USA 2004
      F:  approx. 20,00 approx. 44 lb Indus, Ganges-Brahmaputra-River system Pakistan, India, Bangladesh unknown
                 
Aba Gymnarchus niloticus   F: 19,00 41 lb 14 oz Gambia, Senegal, Volta, Niger, Chad, Nile Senegal to Sudan unknown
                 
Cornish Jack Mormyrops anguilloides   S: 13,75 30 lb 5 oz Zambezi River Zimbabwe 1972
      F: 15,00 33 lb 1 oz   Senegal to Zimbabwe unknown
      ?: 80,00 176 lb 6 oz   Senegal to Zimbabwe unknown
                 
Elephantsnout Fish Mormyrus kannume   F:  approx. 13,00 approx. 29 lb Nile River, eastafrican Lakes Egypt to Tanzania unknown
                 
Mormyrids Mormyrus rume   F: approx. 13,00 approx. 29 lb Senegal, Gambia, Volta, Niger, Chad Senegal to Chad unknown
                 
? Mormyrus caschive   F:  approx. 13,00 approx. 29 lb Nile River, eastafrican Lakes Sudan, Zaire, Uganda unknown
                 
Clown Featherback Chitala ornata   S:   8,00 17 lb 10 oz Srinakarin Reservoir Thailand  19__
      F:  approx. 11,00 approx. 24 lb Mekong River system Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam unknown
                 
African Bonytongue Heterotis niloticus   F: 10,20 22 lb 8 oz Kainji Reservoir Nigeria 19__
                 
Eastern Bottlenose Mormyrid Mormyrus longirostris   S: 9,97 22 lb 0 oz Kariba Reservoir Zimbabwe 1972
                 
Arawana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum   S: 6,00 13 lb 4 oz Rio Negro or Rio Madeira Brazil 2006
      F:  over 9,00 over 20 lb Amazon River system Brazil unknown
                 
Asian Bonytongue Scleropages formosus   S: 7,00 15 lb 7 oz Pedu Reservoir Malaysia 19__
                 
Black Arawana Osteoglossum ferreirai   F:  approx. 7,00 approx. 15 lb Negro River system Brazil unknown
                 
Spotted Bonytongue Scleropages leichardti   S: 4,50 9 lb 15 oz Cattle Creek Australia 2001
      F:  over 5,00 over 11 lb Fitzroy River system Australia unknown