5 of The Largest Freshwater Fish In The World
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- In this video i will be going through 5 of the largest freshwater fish in the world. There are many giant freshwater fish in the worlds rivers and lakes but what fish is the biggest freshwater fish in the world? This is actually a very hard question to answer as monster fish come in many different shapes and sizes and two fish from the same species can vary in size drastically from one another.
So in this video i will be going through 5 river monsters that are thought to be the largest freshwater fish in the world. I will not be including sturgeon species as even though they spend a lot of time in freshwater, they can also be found in the worlds oceans.
The first giant fish on the list is the Mekong giant catfish. This giant catfish is mostly a vegetarian and spends most of its time feeding on the aquatic plants in the Mekong river but unfortunately due down to over fishing and habitat destruction it is now critically endangered.
For our second monster fish we will be heading over to Europe as we have the wels catfish. This giant predatory catfish is probably the sciarest river monster on this list. The wels catfish has a giant mouth and has been known to eat water foul and pigeons as well as anything else it can fit in its mouth.
For our next large fish we will move down to south America as we have the arapaima. The arapaima is a giant air breathing predatory fish and is very well suited to the slow moving waters of south America. Unfortunately overfishing also effects the arapaimas numbers and they are now protected in the wild.
For the next monster fish we will move up to north America as we have the alligator gar. The alligator gar is a prehistoric predatory fish and even though its jaws and teeth make it look like a very dangerous fish, it poses little threat to humans. The alligator gar in so large in fact that its only other enemy apart from humans are actual alligators.
For our final river monster we will be heading back over to south east Asia as we have the giant freshwater stingray. This stingray is thought by many to be the largest freshwater fish in the world. It is a very peaceful giant fish but does have a barb that its can use in self defence and this barb can even pierce bone.
What do you think the biggest freshwater fish in the world is?
Let mw know down in the comments below?
Thanks for watching hope you enjoyed :)
Have you watched too much of River Monsters as a kid if you recognize all of them from the thumbnail?
haha its where I saw all of them first
Me Who is just crazy about fish:hmmmmmmmm. Yeaaaaaa
yes
@@lcfishing859 me too
remember that episode about the muskie lake monster?
@@richardcollins5189 that was good
Normal people: the weight is 440 pounds which is 200 kg
Tsuki: this fish is around *_two pandas_*
To be fair Tsuki’s system of measurement sounds more impressive
The arapaima is literally just a huge, living, swimming, missile. Like the tarpon.
They just showed up in the Everglades too
And they are such gentle creatures they only get hunted cause they have scary teeth its crazy
So a Type 93 Torpedo then?
It’s a freshwater tarpon
You watch river monsters
In Texas we have the trinity river where a 12 foot alligator gar was caught and the average size is like 4-5 feet
Yes bro Trinity river is like 400 miles long
This makes me want to cast a line below Lake Livingston Dam
I've heard of 14 footers being reported. 4-6 footers I've seen commonly but then there were a few that have actually startled (ok scared) me.
I fished a part of trinity river outside Tarkington Texas 8ft gar is biggest ive caught. And one hell of a fight getting it to shore. When gar a actual gator sized they are quite intimidating but amazing fish.
they live in saltwater too though
Here in Brazil it's more common to say "Pirarucu" than "Arapaima", but both are correct
Ah certo, eu tava na dúvida se era o pirarucu mesmo kkkkk pq a descrição batia e tudo, pirarucu é bem mais comum msm, nunca ouvi arapaima
@@omariscovoador7486 Eles usam Arapaima pq não conseguem pronunciar corretamente, acontece com muitas outras palavras em português.
Pireinocu
We call it "paiche"
THANK YOU for including the Alligator Gar. I've seen other lists like this that disregard it for some reason. I live in the southern US and the sight of one of these behemoths, even the smaller ones, really makes the water get warmer (if you know what I mean) as you scurry to get to shore as fast as possible! Seen several while playing in or near the rivers as a kid.
Trinity River in East Texas, they get pretty big.
That was corny and not even in a dad-joke kind of way.
I think the fact they're a bit more well-known makes some people exclude them
They are not aggressive to humans!
@@jordahnnelson9926 most are not but they have bitten people in captivity and can do serious damage if they mistake your leg for a meal
I grew up in a military family so I was born and lived in Charleston, SC several times! My parents loved camping and going fishing. I love the outdoors and loved seeing the different fish in the area but you couldn’t pay me money to eat fish, fresh or saltwater. Regardless, there were several “secret” canals where you had to hike... and hike... and hike to get to. In the end it was worth it because it was the first time I was able to see alligator gar up close and personal! I was never afraid of them but they certainly gave my family hell as they fished. The minute they’d get a good sized fish on the line, that was the gar’s equivalent to a dinner bell! It quickly became a race as to who would win... my parents.... the fish on the line or the alligator gar!😆 It was also in the same general area where I saw the two largest catfish I’d ever seen in my life. They were caught by a shipmate of my dad’s but the fisherman didn’t have enough room to store the meat. I don’t think my parents realized just how big they were either. The fisherman showed up in a truck and the two catfish literally took up the entire bed of the truck! My dad ended up having to get saw horses and sheets of plywood to prep the meat. Dear god I hated seeing those fish killed!
So what do u eat ? Grass and water?
@@sumimasen3673 she doesn't eat anything that casts a shadow
U were born in Charleston several times?
@@sumimasen3673 From what i read, not fish. You do realize there are Cows, Chickens, Pigs, Ducks, Venison, Sheep, etc...Just because they dont eat fish doesnt mean they just eat grass and water. Its going to surprise you but there are other options besides fish lmao
@@sumimasen3673 i think you dont like vegans
I forgot the show’s name, but there was a huge freshwater stingray that was caught on tv. I remember the episode from when I was younger and was amazed on how huge stingrays can get.
Is it river monsters?
@@UKFishCam I don’t think so
@@UKFishCam it is
@@koelewijn7 it was Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin
@Matt Reid same
Great video! The largest freshwater fish in South America is the Brachyplatystoma capapretum, in portuguese it's called Piraíba or Filhote. It can reach ~3,7m and over 200kg
It's known as Piraiba in English-speaking countries as well.
piraiba catfish is also massive
I thought the biggest fish in South America is the Pirarucu/Arapaima
@@bishopfamilyband1467 that is in length. The Piraíba catfish is technically bigger in terms of weight, due to it’s bulkier build. It is true that arapaima/Pirarucu used to get much, much bigger (upwards of 15 feet/4.6 meters and about 200kgs/440 pounds) but they still have a streamlined shape that leads to less weight despite its longer body (take for example, the giant oarfish, being hypothetically reach lengths over 50 feet/15.2 meters but don’t get much over 600 pounds/272 kg,compared to the mola mola/ocean sunfish, reaching lengths of 10 feet/3 meters but weights of over 2000 pounds/907kg)
I know too much about fish…
I remember when I was younger I would go walking along the waterfront, there were these massive stingray that would swim I front of the look out. The owner of the restaurant infrount would often throw off cuts of fish to them which they would eat. When the new bridge was starting to be built one of the boat had something stuck in it and it was one of the giant stingray. We haven't seen them there since.
Stingray was stuck where exactly?
@@mcseavers less of a boat more of a barge, I don't remember sorry it was a while ago when I was like 10
Although the giant tiger fish may not be the biggest freshwater fish, it's probably the most terrifying.
Jeremy Wade in the corner:
*heavy breathing*
Caught a wels catfish last year, must have been like 180cm long and 100lbs heavy
Metric and standard, nice!
@@jesuslovesyou-mattsmith1502 standard? American detected.
I am shorter than that, it'd be interesting to eat a fish bigger than me
@@hanhphuc166 haha correct! Couldn't remember the universal word imperial
Cap
I really enjoyed this video and something that surprised me was the "whole foods" market and the arapaima...I don't think I've really looked into this at "whole foods" before, but it's something I'm going to check out!
Some of my favorite fish are gar and alligator gar..I have always been fascinated with this fish, since I was a little girl... I was swimming in Lake Murray in South Carolina.. I was floating at the top of the surface trying to learn how to ski and a group of alligator gar literally swam over me.. I remember being terrified and totally intrigued at the same time ♥️my grandfather told me to be still and they would swim right over me and they did 😅🤗I was only eight and it was truly scary but exhilarating at the same time!! They could have cared less about me but I really thought I was going to get eaten 🤣
My grandfather had caught a huge one at one time and he was an x-ray technician, I remember the huge mount of an alligator gar in his office and I thought it was the coolest fish ever...I have always wished that I had the room to keep one!! Someday🤔♥️
Thanks for sharing I always love your videos.. I hope you're having a wonderful day 🙏🌿🐟🌿💚
What a nice memory (:
Hope you are doing well! Loving the videos
Thank you i hope you're doing well too :) Thanks for the support
Nile perch has the possibility to be up there. The ebro in Spain will produce a 300lb Wells within the next decade.
The Piraiba Catfish could very well be part of this list. They can reach rather large sizes,with the maximum length being 12 feet. The 12 foot length would probably be exceptionally sized individuals though but adults are typically 6-8 feet long.
I’ve been fishing for most of my life and I’ve caught most of these fish
thats crazy, sounds like you've been fishing all around the world
@@TsukiCove I have been for my whole life.
Cap
Great lake sturgeon bro cmon man
EXACTLY, how did he miss any of the stugeons? theyre all fucking massive
White sturgeon. I was out fishing for them a couple weeks ago and saw a 9-10’ come clean out of the water.
Cool video Tsuki! Pet Arnie for me
Thank you :) will do
It might not be the biggest but one of my favorites is the goonch catfish. I'd love to have one as a pet some day but first I want to build an indoor pond for my koi and goldfish. I'm definitely going to name my goonch Toothless and I may have him become an animal actor if I can get that waterproof camera I have my eye on.
yeah the goonch is definitely up there, i almost included it in this video. I definitely want one one day
@@TsukiCove They're super cool!
Goonch catfish is the real man-eater.
@@princeakilesh4881 I'm going to name mine Toothless^-^
Kept 2 Indian gnooch before.. Very beautiful fish but always at the sand, not swimming much.
As a kid who grew up playing all the Amazon Trail games, I knew the Pirarucu was gonna be somewhere on this list! 👍
in old times in brazil we have 5 meters arapaima(pirarucu!)
Fish are amazing.
So cool coming back to this video after seeing your channel grow so much after 3 years
Do a part 2
i think i will do
💯🤜🤛
My favorite giant freshwater fish are the arapaima and Goonch catfish
Me too both same
River Monsters introduced us to these giants and many more
Do a part 2, i like it👍
i might have to :)
Find bigger fish then
Me from the thumbnail: Stingrays are freshwater fish?
O.O
thats make me gasp...
Imagine my childhoold life swimming on a river where there are stingrays...gods...
unless you step on it, you gucci. they would just leave you alone
Have you heard of the Nile Perch from Lake Victoria in East Africa.
This! Nile perch are frigging huge!
Such a shame that many of the coolest fish are also among the biggest fish. I will never get to have one in my house haha
The giant Amazon stingray and the Paraiba catfish that Jeremy Wade caught on River Monsters should be on the list too.
Hey I’m sorry I’m late delay notification
no worries im glad you're here :)
Wels catfish in the giant size range are almost exclusively in Spain due to the warmth and abundance of food.
As for arapaima they are far from easy to catch. Yes they're easy to spot but you're in for a surprise if you think they will take anything put in front of they.
In italy too, in fact the biggest specimen ever registered was caught in the po River deltas
you know you've played too much animal crossing when you recognize them all
I haven't finished the video yet, did you mention the Mekong Giant Catfish?
That was answered quick...
"Hi, I'm Zev. I'm six years old. I really liked your video. I think you should include freshwater sharks in this video, including the Borneo River Shark species and the Ganges Shark species "
I'm indonesian and When i was kid...every weekend me and my friends always came to the nearest river to catch some small fish like guppies and other small fish...several times we met freshwater stingray the size is not that big for me now but at that time I was a kid and that size was very scary so every time we saw that stingray....we quickly get out of the water 🤣
Loved the video!
thanks i appreciate it :)
You forgot to add the giant mekong carp
very true thats another giant of the mekong
There are more kinds of gigantic fish that this video hadn't mentioned or whether they ranked in Top ten ought to be added;
Piraiba from Amazon Basin.
Taimen from Mongolia.
Goonch from India, Nepal and Southeast asia.
Tapah from Malaysia, Indonesia and Southern Thailand.
Dog-eating catfish from Thailand which large equal as Mekong Giant Catfish.
Salween Rita from Myanmar and Thailand.
Siamese Giant carp from Thailand and Cambodia.
Tsuki is so underrated
thanks man i really appreciate it :)
good job tsuki
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These are my kind of fish !!! Monster fish only baby !! 🔥✅
Dang! I looked up the biggest fish caught in my state (we’re landlocked but we have TONS of lakes and rivers, I live in Minnesota) and it was a lake sturgeon. 6 and a half feet or 2 meters. But it was pretty light in comparison to other lake sturgeons, only 120 pounds (at least since they started keeping records).
The more I learn about sturgeons, the more I like them!
I'm from the bay area in nor Cali. And I live in a town specifically in a huge acred spread piece of marsh land called the Sonoma/napa marshes or the San Pablo wild life refuge. It's so big it's the center that separates 3 whole counties including my own , Sonoma county, napa county, Solano county, and Marin county. It's home to many creeks and two main rivers the largest being the napa river followed by the Petaluma river which are very brackish water due to the waters of San Francisco bay being within a couple miles from the marshes. That said , all the creeks along this massive marsh land is all brackish water where I've cane across many stingray, but the reason why I'm telling you this is because it's home to the sturgeon. The same species of fish you mentioned except we have monsters here. In fact, river monsters , the show, we're suppose to film and episode of Jeremy the main character exploring all the land here in search for the biggest one. It's no where near as big as the ever glades but because if it's resemblances many bay area natives claim it is our own little everglades where except alligators lurking in these waters we have massive sturgeon monsters . Of course I know they're gentle giants but that's what many call them haha. This land is so big that there's a ghost town called WINGO. Search up WINGO CA if your interested. It's also on the same islands as the famous MARE ISLAND where nuclear submarines we're made there for world war 2 and there's a boat that gives you a tour all along the waters with famous points to learn about including a shipwreck, an Inclosed mini lake far in the middle somewhere in the land thought to have been sightings of the biggest sturgeon ever (a legend amongst the locals who's lived here) and many more. I love the marshes. Can't wait. To get a boat and go along the remote places deep inland only accessible by boat. Oh and fun fact high way 37 that drives along the outside of this land just over San Pablo way which then flows to the SF BAY is also home to the famous WORLDS LONLIEST BATHROOM hahaha basically a for some reason build bathroom just in the middle of the marshland . Not necessarily the middle because that would be by boat but the middle of highway 37
. That's also on RUclips. Anyway got WAY OFF TOPIC JUST VERY Proud IF THIS HIDDEN GEM OF MOTHER NATURE.
What a fun series! I'm not really even a fish enthusiast, but all 3 videos in this series were oddly enjoyable.
Australia also has freshwater stingray too
Good video! There are so many videos about this topic on youtube that are obviously low-effort and make a lot of misleading claims, but this was very accurate and well-researched.
Awesome video
In your next Weird and wonderful can you talk about the burbot?
I would like this as well. They live in my region, but I have only ever seen them in a field guide.
Would really appreciate it if you put kilos and meter alongside the pounds and feet in measurement
I give thumb down because of that.
Just know the conversions ffs. Most people know both imperial and metric
@@kevinbaboolal4225 No need, we don't have to adapt to one country that uses his cock for measurement.
@@kevinbaboolal4225 how the hell would most people know imperial while most of the world are using metric? You sound really ignorant mate.
@@shimmentakezo1196 just know both
Glad the alligator gar was mentioned, it's my dream to catch one someday! Sadly they were all killed in my home state of Georgia. Hopefully they'll be restocked here one day. I plan on traveling to Texas to catch one.
Edit: I keep hearing stories of them still being in Georgia but I have yet to see any footage of it.
Come on down! I catch them while fishing for catfish. Biggest I've caught was around 4 feet, but i have seen much larger.
@@mitchdroese84 I plan on doing so this summer. Yeah, that's my idea of a good vacation 😂
@@austinhernandez2716 They are spawning right now. Summer time is hot hot.
@@mitchdroese84 I'm used to the heat. I ain't got enough time or money to go now.
@@austinhernandez2716 lol the story of my life! I am going on a sailfish trip in May tho.
The stergen is probly the biggest estamated to grow to 24ft long some say 30ft long 2000 lbs but I'm shure there something in whole bigger
Kind of a random thought, but if animal products such as skin and scales and fur are going to be used in the fashion industry, why not go for invasive species such as the Burmese python for that sort of thing rather than endangered animals?
Because humanity has a m3ntal d1s0rder and asking reasonable question is considered dumb
murry cod as well from what i’ve heard but they are so rare now specially big ones
Bro ur research is on point
I caught the second fish, its delicious
Jeremy Wade watching this:
I caught that one, that one, that one, that one and that one
Will you do a melaysian biotope
I love your channel a bit too much
nice fish
You blew it, how could you leave out. In the continent of Africa, in the River of the Congo the mighty Giant Goliath!!! May God bless everyone ✝️🇺🇸!
Sea and fresh water monsters.
Jeremy Wade: Write that down! Write that down!
I’ve heard of gator gars being caught all the way up in St Louis and even one in southern South Dakota
I knew this swampy area that had literally hundreds of 3ft-5ft alligator gar like i stood above the area and looked down off a bridge and was amazed
Super video! Pls do Metric sytem notations too.
3:41 get me that catfish!!
This is like a Jeremy Wade hit list
If I'm not wrong, the Arapaima was considered the biggest freshwater fish species for many years.
The alligator gar has been well documented to eat water fowl, even ducks shot by hunters when they hit the water, muskrats, and other aquatic mammals, snakes, turtles, smaller alligators. There have been unverified attacks on humans and domestic animals years ago when people used to bath and swim in the south in large rivers. A Google search will give you a lot of interesting history on the alligator gar.
There are large Alligator Gar in the Houston Yacht Club marina. They often roil the water beside 10 year olds sailing Optimists. I don't think they've lost any kids yet, but a few mothers have been known to be concerned.
Ok well yeah I like animals and all but that jacket is pretty cool, 6:17 never knew I would want a fish scale jacket.
You forgot the Piraiba/Lau Lau
(Brachyplatystoma filamentosum)
it'll be in part 2
Piraiba catfish ?
Nice topic
😊👍
Wow amazing its channa blue pulchra
New subscriber happy to meet beautiful Arnie, too. :-)
The alligator gar is in saltwater also, they are caught in Galveston Bay quite often
Good job
The mekong giant catfish and iridescent shark is same species, right?
they are different species but the adults do look very similar
I'm not afraid of sharks or large sea fishs, but I'am of big fresh water ones 😂
The alligator gar in some cases can reach 14 feet in length
Are you sure about this ?. The largest alligator gar ever recorded was only 8.5 ft long
On Wikipedia it says giant freshwater stingray can have a possible length of 33ft (10m) from head to the tip of its tail and 16ft (5m) across and weigh up to 1300lbs. I do believe there are gigantic freshwater stingrays at the bottom of Mekong River. A 1300lbs freshwater stingray must have been very old for it to reach that size.
I could tell all the fish from the thumbnail-
Knife Clownfish
Arapaima Gigas
Iridescent Shark or Mekong Giant Catfish
Alligator Gar
Giant Freshwater Stingray
the largest specimen of arapaima fished in brazil weighed 440 lbs
How about the gouch catfish. There are reports of them taking water Buffalo on the river edge far north of where crocodiles can be found?
sturgeon: am i a joke to you
Can you do a video of top 5 or top 10 airbreathing monster fishes?
New rumours are that gator gar can reach upto 12 to 24 ft in length
No views, 4 likes, 2 comments. 😂😂😂😂
always happens haha
Well i mean i watched the video
thats some scary monsters
What's your opinion on the 5+ meter Wels catfish specimens that were still being reported in the 1800s?
I really like this video :) but i have one little thing to mention: the European catfish is not called "Wels catfish" it's just "Wels". This is just because Wels simply means catfish in German. (In southern Germany they're called "Waller")
Long nose gar in the great lakes can get fairly large as well. I've seen one upwards of 7 ft.
No you haven’t
@@collinmuehlbauer2282 you can literally google search people holding ones that are 6 ft. 7 ft is not out of the question. Great lakes have way more room than Oklahoma and Missouri lakes where the 6 ft one were caught, and they have way more food and almost no predators to hunt them so they can get extremely large.
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What, uh, kind of batoidean is that beautiful specimen?
0:31 ayyy that’s belle isle aquarium