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Venue for the capture of the 58 kg European record Huchen (Hucho hucho) in 1938 This list is of the heaviest European freshwater fish caught using the traditional angling method of rod and line. The criteria for inclusion on this list is that the species, weight, date and venue have been published by a recognized publisher with a genuine ...
It is the largest freshwater fish in the world. The beluga also rivals the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and the greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) for the title of largest actively predatory fish. [10] [11] The largest accepted record is of a female taken in 1827 in the Volga estuary at 1,571 kg (3,463 lb) and 7.2 m (23 ft ...
A fisherman in northern Cambodia hooked what researchers say is the world’s largest freshwater fish — a giant stingray that scientists know relatively little
5 oz 8 dr bleak caught by David Selley on the River Lark 2017. [229] Rejected as a hybrid by BRFC. [230] 38 lb Ferox brown trout caught by old Willie Maule. Evidence destroyed by fire. 8 lb burbot largest ever recorded in England, caught from the river Trent around 1700–1800. No date/also method of capture unknown.
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 ...
The previous record for a freshwater fish was a 293-kilogram (646-pound) Mekong giant catfish, discovered in Thailand in 2005, the group said. Cambodian catches world's largest recorded freshwater ...
A large alligator gar, the largest freshwater fish in North America The largest of the gar, and the largest entirely freshwater fish in North America, is the alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula). The largest gar ever known, caught in Louisiana in 1925, was 3 m (9.8 ft) in length and weighed 137 kg (302 lb). [1] Anglerfish (Lophiiformes)
The Mekong River in Cambodia regularly produces 13-foot giant stingrays, scientists confirm. This is how.