This is a question which always sparks a couple of arguments, but would everyone say what they think the worlds largest freshwater fish is.
Worlds largest freshwater fish
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depends on what you class as size . length ,weight ?
i would say length a gig but for weight i would think the Mekong giant catfish wins
i would say length a gig but for weight i would think the Mekong giant catfish wins
i don't think the mekong wins for weight, aren't there alligator gars that top 600lbs? ive seen a show called hunt for big fish were a guy caught a 400lb piraiba catfish. i don't think a 16' gigas would exactly be light either. and isn't there monsterous sized wels in the russian lake?
There are a couple of things i was wondering about:
1) the wels cat has been found in the black, baltic and aral seas so is strictly not freshwater.
2) although i dont think the mekong cat has ever been sighted in seawater if it is anything like many other members of Pangasiidae it could be migratory.
1) the wels cat has been found in the black, baltic and aral seas so is strictly not freshwater.
2) although i dont think the mekong cat has ever been sighted in seawater if it is anything like many other members of Pangasiidae it could be migratory.
Or Sturgeon?
The white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, sought by sportsmen on the Columbia and elsewhere along the West Coast, is the largest freshwater fish found in North America, attaining as much as 1,800 pounds and 20 feet in length.
The white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, sought by sportsmen on the Columbia and elsewhere along the West Coast, is the largest freshwater fish found in North America, attaining as much as 1,800 pounds and 20 feet in length.
Google of course turned this bad boy up-
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/photogalleries/giantcatfish/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/photogalleries/giantcatfish/
jk of course
