Worlds largest freshwater fish

demjor19

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Danyal;1735260; said:
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?
no. i think the largest was about half of that.
 

reddragon343

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i think it wld be one of those giant freshwater stingrays which they caught in the mekong or chao phryah river.
 

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What about chinese paddlefish at 22 feet? of course, there is some debate as to if they're really any more left:irked:

Gigas have the potential to be the largest, but with people overfishing them, a record breaking one is likely only possible in an aquarium.

Mekong giants may be migratory, but they do not enter full saltwater to my knowledge.

reddragon343;1739665; said:
i think it wld be one of those giant freshwater stingrays which they caught in the mekong or chao phryah river.
Extremely large, but not heavy. Like a paper plate. lol Also overfished to a frightening extent:irked:
 

ewurm

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This thread is all MONSTER! I don't care which one is largest, I love them all.
 

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ewurm;1740157; said:
This thread is all MONSTER! I don't care which one is largest, I love them all.
Right Their Wit Chu Brother! Amen! :ROFL: their all great fishes with all such extrodinary sizes and weights...
 

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ewurm;1740157; said:
This thread is all MONSTER! I don't care which one is largest, I love them all.

We aren't talking loaches.... we're talking REAL fish. :popcorn:
 

BaTsBR

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the biggest and heavier I know is
pirarucu - arapaima gigas (wich can have 3 meters and about 250-280kg)
pirarara - red tail catfish (huge huge catfish)
these two can be found in some brasilian rivers, and there are others monsters here too.

like ewurm said, they all are monsters
 
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