Worlds largest freshwater fish
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for real ?Zoodiver;1862196; said:
a lot of the so call ' Giant Records ' are just made up and fake .
not counting the Sturgeons ,
largest Fish got to be the Giant Mekong Catfish .
followed by the European Wels and Arapaimas .
its true that the Thai Stingrays might surpass the Mekong Cat ,
but theres too little known about them and no REAL giant records yet .
but the people there are saying that there were a lot of Giant Stingrays netted in the past , might be true .
so who knows .
other smaller giants include the paddlefish ,
Nile Perch and the Alligator Gars .
holms;2015289; said:for real ?
a lot of the so call ' Giant Records ' are just made up and fake .
not counting the Sturgeons ,
largest Fish got to be the Giant Mekong Catfish .
followed by the European Wels and Arapaimas .
its true that the Thai Stingrays might surpass the Mekong Cat ,
but theres too little known about them and no REAL giant records yet .
but the people there are saying that there were a lot of Giant Stingrays netted in the past , might be true .
so who knows .
other smaller giants include the paddlefish ,
Nile Perch and the Alligator Gars .
Alligator gar don't contend, nor do paddles. They look like they are big when held up by a rope next to a fisherman... but when you've seen those in person as well as a larger fish in person... they don't even come close.
Arapaima gigas are still consistantly the largest by average (weight and length).
I've still never seen a pic of a Thai ray as big as some are claiming. It's all talk until an animal can be found and documented.
Its funny to hear about people talking about alligator gar and alligator snappers who have never seen them in their natural habitat or researched anything besides wiki on them. Ive seen 6ft alligator gar in the boothill in Missouri while fish gigging at night....so I know from many stories from reputable people they can reach larger sizes, afew rare specimens have pictures of 10 ft gar who probably reached over 500lbs here in the mississipi river drainage syster!demjor19;1739189;1739189 said:
Yeah hum...........Well as we know, animals are not to be predicted; they are not like video games, computers, robots, etc.
As far as we know, I would have to say either Arapaima, or Alligator Gar, or Mekong Giant Catfish. I'm not missing anything, right?]
EDIT: *Slaps Self* STURGEON! Excuse me for being too lazy to get my fish book, but I think it's white sturgeon or some other kind. They grow well over 10 feet. So add it to the list.
As far as we know, I would have to say either Arapaima, or Alligator Gar, or Mekong Giant Catfish. I'm not missing anything, right?]
EDIT: *Slaps Self* STURGEON! Excuse me for being too lazy to get my fish book, but I think it's white sturgeon or some other kind. They grow well over 10 feet. So add it to the list.
Alligator gar are commonly found living full lives in 100% saltwater. But they are trumped by the size of the Arapaima anway.warmouth;2037294; said:
It comes down to Mekong cat and Arapaima, it just depends on what one goes with to judge size.... average adult size, or the size of actual largest one caught.
Everyplace ive seen Alligator gar is neer a river or in freshwater.....where are alligator gar native to SAlt....and how do they spawn their?!. There are stories of 20ft Arapaima....never seen a picture or in person one that big; just like stories of 14ft gar (largest one Ive seen was about 6ft in person and 10ft in a picture) I think you cant go by fish stories. Any fish over 6ft is a giant to me but it could be Arapaima or mekong catfish.....there have been stories in the Ozarks (Cape Area) in Missouri that their used to be 12 ft Flatheads in the Mississipi......but IVe never seen one over 4ft long!
