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American paddlefish are among the largest and longest-lived freshwater fishes in North America. [26] They have a shark-like body, average 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length, weigh 27 kg (60 lb), and can live in excess of thirty years. [27] For most populations the median age is five to eight years and the maximum age is fourteen to eighteen years. [26]
Indeed, a 2014 study found that the fish were depleted or overexploited at 93% of the sites examined and well-managed or unfished in only 7%; the fish appeared to be extirpated in 19% of these sites. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The status of the arapaima population in the Amazon River Basin is unknown, hence it is listed on the IUCN red list as data deficient .
Rank Animal Scientific name Maximum length () Image Habitat 1: Whale shark: Rhincodon typus: 12.65 [1]: 2: Basking shark: Cetorhinus maximus: 12.27 [2]: 3: Giant oarfish
A group of friends exploring the waters off La Jolla Cove on Saturday came across a sea creature unlike anything they'd ever seen: a 12-foot-long rare fish from the depths of the ocean.
At Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Jeff Wilkins caught a record 62-pound (28 kg) bigmouth buffalo while fishing on Percy Priest Lake. The fish, caught in the Seven Points area of the lake on March 31, 2010, was 45 inches (110 cm) in length. According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, it took 35 minutes for Wilkins to reel in the fish. [52]
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 blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) is a large species of North American catfish, reaching a length of 65 in (170 cm) and a weight of 143 lb (65 kg). [4] The continent's largest catfish, it can live to 20 years, with a typical fish being between 25–46 in (64–117 cm) and 30–70 lb (14–32 kg).
The black buffalo (Ictiobus niger) is a North American species of freshwater fish in the Catostomidae or sucker family. [2] With a lifespan of up to 108 years, it is among the longest-lived of freshwater fish species. [3] Found in the Mississippi Basin and southern Great Lakes.