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Sp reportedly new largest freshwater fish was caught by Jeff Corwin.



Here is the full story : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/13...67936.html

But if I search for a biggest freshwater fish in Google it comes up with whole another animal: Beluga Sturgeon -

Quote:The largest recorded beluga sturgeon was almost 20 feet long and over 7,000 pounds

http://www.conservationinstitute.org/10-...the-world/


Anyone knows what`s the deal with that?
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I saw that as well, it is likely a misprint, it isn't the largest freshwater fish but largest freshwater Stingray caught.
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This because the Beluga isn't considered a true freshwater fish, because it spawns in the rivers and then returns to the ocean and brackish waters
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Welcome to the site Sean, here is a link to the Idaho board, in case you haven't found it already:
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