Worlds largest freshwater fish
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Heavest freshwater fish is the mekong catfish. I think the largest was 660 lbs and 6-8 feet in length. They do regularly pull up giant mekongs, so this fish most likely wasn't a fluke.
synodontisjack;1735229; said:
Beluga sturgeon wins hands down for length and weight, if there were still any alive I would say the Chinese paddlefish at 22 plus feet but they are all gone..... shame, they were an incredible piscavore.....
i agree the beluga sturgeon would win if it were not migratory, but as far as the mekong cat is concerned they are criticaly endangered and are very rarely caught let alone large ones, however there are other members of the Pangasiidae family which grow very large and could be mistaken for the mekong cat.
artemis1;1768644; said:
thank you for pointing that out, when I posted I didn't know that was disqualification. How aobut the chinese paddle fish? 22 feet plus, piscavore, sounds about right, might even be one or two left but not enough to make any reall difference.
try guppies haha! ive heard arapima growing up to 16 ft but if chinese paddle fish grows up to 22 ft that has got to be IT!
i did some research about sturgeons and it was said that they mature on sea water meaning most of their life are spent their? or maybe im wrong hehe! their like salmons
i did some research about sturgeons and it was said that they mature on sea water meaning most of their life are spent their? or maybe im wrong hehe! their like salmons
hmmm gig's for length and meong catfish for weight
(I'd say white stugen for lengeth but the salt water )
(I'd say white stugen for lengeth but the salt water )
I say Sturgeon. I went fishing in Northern Ontario. We saw one that was bigger than our 12' boat. We pulled our lines in real quick. If caught it would have been our motor and pulled us for a wild ride.
