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Greek wels grow well thanks to the mild climate, lack of competition, and good food supply. The heaviest authenticated specimen, captured from the river Po by a Hungarian fisherman in 2010, [ 8 ] weighed 134.97 kg (297.6 lb), although there are recent anecdotal reports of larger wels exceeding 140 kg (300 lb).
These catfish do not have spines before their dorsal fins or adipose fins, and their pelvic fins are either small or absent. The anal fin base is usually very long. [1] The largest species in this family is Silurus glanis, the Wels catfish, [1] which can grow to lengths over 3 m (9.8 ft) and weigh up to 300 lb (140 kg).
Italian fisherman Dino Ferrari caught a 280-lb. Wels Catfish Thursday in Italy's Po Delta river, setting a new record. The U.K. Mirror reported that the catch is the world's largest wels catfish ...
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes / s ɪ ˈ lj ʊər ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to ...
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Bagarius yarrelli, also known as the goonch catfish, giant devil catfish, or simply Goonch, is a very large species of catfish in the genus Bagarius found in rivers in the Indian subcontinent. The species reaches up to 2 m (6.6 ft) in length. [ 2 ]
Wels Catfish - Europäischer Wels / Mal / Silure glane / Siluro (Silurus glanis) 113.5 kg: 250 lb 3 oz: Roberto Godi: 5 Feb 2010: River Po, Mantua, Lombardy Italy [54] 112 kg: 246 lb 14 oz: Christophe Dubreuil France: September 2009: River Ebro, Mequinenza, Province of Zaragoza Spain [55] 110 kg: 242 lb 5 oz: Jakub Vagner Germany: 5 February ...