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Largest Freshwater Fish in the World by Weight

This is a list of the 13 largest freshwater fish in the world sorted by estimated weight. Fish among the largest due to any one of these measures of length, weight, or density are included.
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Largest freshwater fish in the world sorted by weight
List compiled by Rodney Rountree, http://www.fishecology.org						"Robustness"
Name	Species	Length (m)	Weight (kg)	Length (ft)	Weight (lbs)	kg/m
Freshwater whipray	Himantura chaophraya	2.4	600	8	1323	250
Mekong giant catfish	Pangasianodon gigas	3	350	10	772	117
Wels catfish	Silurus glanis	5	306	16	675	61
Giant barb	Catlocarpio siamensis	3	300	10	661	100
Giant pangasius	Pangasius sanitwongsei	3	300	10	661	100
Chinese swordfish	Psephurus gladius	3	300	10	661	100
Nile Perch	Lates niloticus	2	200	7	441	100
Kumakuma	Brachyplatystoma filamentosum	3.6	200	12	441	56
Arapaima	Arapaima gigas	4.5	200	15	441	44
Alligator gar	Atractosteus spatula	3.05	137	10	302	45
Soldatov's catfish	Silurus soldatovi	4	40	13	88	10
Yellowtail catfish	Pangasius pangasius	3		10		0

This page was last modified on Feb, 2021