We tend to think that there are enormous creatures in the seas and oceans, but that in a river or a lake it is difficult to find massive fish.
However the Yangtze paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) is one of the largest fish: three meters long and 300 kg in weight.
However, in January 2020, the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences and experts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature They formally declared it extinct.
It likely disappeared between 2005 and 2010 due to overfishing and habitat loss.
Other criteria
There are several species that aspire to the title of largest water fish, depending on the criteria we use. He arapaima (Arapaima gigas) from the Amazon basin in South America, can measure up to 4.5 meters long and reach 200 kg.
Arapaima.
He Mekong giant catfish and the thai shark from Indochina weigh around 300 kg, but do not exceed 3 meters in length.
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The freshwater fish with the largest mass reaches 300 kg, but became extinct in 2020
was originally published in
Xataka Science
by
Sergio Parra
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