Largest catfish
- Thread starter Prehistoricfishkeeper
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Its probably the Mekong giant catfish. Tagging other members.
Yellowcat
Fishman Dave
kno4te
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thebiggerthebetter
Pretty close between silurus glanis/euro wels and the mekong giant cat for length. Both have been caught and recorded over 9’… mekong wins for weight tho around 650lbs recorded where as wels are around 300lb at the same length.
#1 is definitely the Mekong cat, but #2 is somewhat disputed. In terms of recorded weights, it would go to the piraiba at ~340 lbs. There are claims that both wels cats and piraiba get much larger than their official record sizes.
你好我看过你在其他贴子下面的评论中提到这个鱼了，我想了解一些更多的信息。请问你还知道哪些相关资料，据我的了解这条鱼的学名应该是platysilurus malarmo吧我不知道对不对，我不知道怎么发送私聊所以我只能先在这里留言了，谢谢--来自中国乌鲁木齐的一位鱼友View attachment 1567779
你好我看过你在其他贴子下面的评论中提到这个鱼了，我想了解一些更多的信息。请问你还知道哪些相关资料，据我的了解这条鱼的学名应该是platysilurus malarmo吧我不知道对不对，我不知道怎么发送私聊所以我只能先在这里留言了，谢谢--来自中国乌鲁木齐的一位鱼友View attachment 1567779
Hello, I've seen you mention this fish in your comments on other posts, and I'd like to know more about it. Do you know any other relevant information? According to my understanding, the scientific name of this fish should be Platysilurus malarmo, but I'm not sure if I'm correct. I don't know how to send a private message, so I can only leave a message here first. Thank you -- from a fish enthusiast in Urumqi, China
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I forgot about the language barrier. I used a translation software to translate the text I posted above
Will depend on whether it grows larger than 8” or not. If yes, then you are correct. If it stays around 8” then it will be platysilurus mucosus.
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PlanetCatfish.com - The genus Platysilurus
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