Largest Freshwater Fish - Page 2 - The Water Bucket

Nelumbo74 · 07-29-2008, 08:52 PM

I know what you mean! The TN Aquarium has a great sturgeon breeding program, and they have some huge specimens on display. They just released several small fish into the Cumberland River here in middle TN at the end of spring. They've been very successful. They also have a sturgeon petting tank in the Aqaurium, which is kinda cool. If you ever have a chance to pass through TN, you should check it out.

jazzlvr123 · 07-29-2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Nelumbo74

Unfortunately Logans Daddy, even the monster sturgeons can no longer be found. The one you are looking at is a baby compared to what is on record for that particular species. There are unofficial records of this ray, but as they say, it "could" be the largest fish on record. It isn't confirmed as the largest. The current record for largest freshwater fish is the Mekong Catfish. Here's an interesting article that explains the reason the sturgeon doesn't take first place!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_giant_catfish

I think this freshwater fish beats the catfish ironically found in the same river

Nelumbo74 · 07-31-2008, 05:35 AM

That's the fish, which is the original topic of the thread.

Not sure it's the biggest though, because the record is based on weight. The article doesn't say how much that ray weighed, but it does mention the current title holding catfish, which weighed 646 lbs.