Worlds largest freshwater fish

[Onion01]

huso huso aren't pure freshwater, but i've heard that record was 28'
chinese paddlefish also 20'+
arapaima gigas 15'+
piraiba 12'+
alligator gar (supposedly) 10'+

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

According to the link in Fasertheking's post, this is a FW ray that reaches 1,000 lbs.

... and this is a really big freakin sturgeon.

 

[synodontisjack]

a fw ray would have to be huge to top 1000lb as they are not deep bodied and i doubt any river system could support something that big, the sturgeon is migratory

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

Hey, I'm just reporting what I read on the National Geographic site in his link.

It does seem a bit far fetched though. However, I don't see a problem with a 1000lb fish in some of the world's largest rivers though. I would say that it's entirely possible, even if not for a FW ray specifically.

 

[Zoodiver]

Well, if we are looking at fish that go back and forth from fresh to salt - we need to count bull sharks. Isolated populations are suck in 100% freshwater for their entire lives. Adult bulls can weigh in close to 1000 lbs.

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

Well, if we are looking at fish that go back and forth from fresh to salt - we need to count bull sharks. Isolated populations are suck in 100% freshwater for their entire lives. Adult bulls can weigh in close to 1000 lbs.

True, I believe my Dad's cousin caught one in the lower Mississippi when he was younger. That would be a bit of a surprise if you were fishing for cats!

 

[hmoobvwj]

Yea since you guys talk about SW fishes too im gonna say a blue whale.

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

Yea since you guys talk about SW fishes too im gonna say a blue whale.

Oh man! Why did you have to go and say something like that???

A blue whale is not a fish it is a mammal !

 

[synodontisjack]

LOl i love it when people say stuff like that

 

[synodontisjack]

So are we settled on arapaima gigas as the worlds largest non migratory freshwater fish?