References

BOOKS (main references)

Allen (1989). Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune City, United States: T.F.H.Publications Inc.
Bacmeister (1983). Das grosse Lexikon der Fischwaid. Stuttgart: Verlag Ifland.
Baensch/Fischer (1999). Aquarien Atlas Foto-Index 1-5. Melle, Germany: Mergus Verlag.
Berg (1964). Freshwater Fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries. Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translation Ltd.
Buller (1979). The Domesday Book of Mammoth Pike. London: Stanley Paul.
Buller (2010). The Domesday Book of Giant Salmon Vol. II. London: Constable & Robinson Ltd.
Bursell (1999). Specimen Hunting. Cham, Switzerland: Müller Rüschlikon Verlags AG.
Copley (1952). The Game Fishes Of Africa. London: H.F.& G. Witherby Ltd.
Daget/Gosse/Thys van den Audenaerde (1984). Check-List of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa. Tervuren, Belgium: Orstom Paris.
Davies-Patrick (2004). Globetrotter's Quest. Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands: Westerlaan Publishers.
Grzimek (1970). Grzimeks Tierleben, Band IV-V Fische. Zurich: Kindler Verlag.
Harsányi (1982). Der Huchen. Hamburg, Berlin: Paul Parey Verlag.
Hochleithner (1996). Störe. Klosterneuburg, Austria: Österreichischer Agrarverlag.
Lasso (2014). Rayas de agua dulce (Potamotrygonidae) de Suramérica Parte I. Bogotá, Colombia.
Mc Dowall (1990). Freshwater Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington: MAF Publishing Group.
Müller (1987). Fische Europas. Leipzig: Neumann-Verlag.
Nelson (1994). Fishes of the World. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Petr (1999). Fish and Fisheries at higher altitudes: Asia. Rome: FAO Fisheries Technical Paper.
Ponniah/Gopalakrishnan (2000). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. Lucknow, India: NBFGR-NATP Publication.
Ramsell (1997). A Compendium of Musky Angling History. St.Germain, United States: Musky Hunter Publications.
Sands (1984). Catfishes of the World. Scotland: Dunure Publications.
Scott/Crossman (1973). Freshwater Fishes of Canada. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum.
Seifert/Kölbing (1995). So macht Angeln Spaß. Munich: BLV-Verlag.
Sigl/Terofal (1992). Die große Enzyklopädie der Fische. Munich: Mosaik Verlag.
Skelton (1993). Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa. Zimbabwe: Southern Book Publishers Ltd.
Talwar/Jhingran (1992). Inland Fishes. Rotterdam: Balkema.
Thomas (1897). The Rod In India. London: W. Thacker & Co.
Tryckare/Cagner (1990). Das große Buch des Angelns. Hamburg: Jahr-Verlag.
Wade (2011). River Monsters: True Stories of the Ones That Didn’t Get Away. Cambridge, United States: Da Capo Press.
Wood (1982). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts & Feats. Enfield Town, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd.

MAGAZINES (main references)

IGFA World Record Game Fishes. (2026). IGFA, Florida, United States
Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame Record Book. (2020/21). Wisconsin, United States
Field & Stream. (2020). Camden Media, Miami, United States
Blinker. (2026). Jahr Media, Hamburg, Germany
Fisch & Fang. (2026). Paul Parey Zeitschriftenverlag, Singhofen, Germany

WEBSITES (main references)

www.fishbase.org — knowledge base for all fish species
www.anglingthailand.com
www.anglingtrust.net
www.ansa.com.au
www.wired2fish.com
www.safbaf.org.za

Considered country record lists

Europe (among others Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Poland, United Kingdom) · Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, …) · Africa · North and South America · Australia — as compiled for the long-running catalogue.