catfishes 10-50 kg Malapterurus electricus Electric Catfish Rod & reel 5,33 kg Kariba Reservoir · 1979
catfishes up 10 kg Malapterurus minjiriya Mijiriya Other methods ~ 10 kg Kainji Reservoir, Niger River · Year unknown
bony tongues Mormyrus caschive Northeast African Elephantfish Other methods ~ 13 kg Lake Albert, Lake Edward, Nile River · Year unknown
bony tongues Mormyrus kannume Elephantsnout Fish Other methods ~ 13 kg Lake Albert, Lake Edward, Lake Kyoga, Lake Victoria, Nile River · Year unknown
bony tongues Mormyrus longirostris Eastern Bottlenose Mormyrid Rod & reel 9,97 kg Kariba Reservoir · 1972
Perciformes up 10 kg Oreochromis andersonii Threespot Tilapia Rod & reel 4,71 kg Zambezi River · 1998
lungfishes Protopterus annectens West African Lungfish Other methods ~ 8 kg Chad River, Gambia River, Niger River, Senegal River, Volta River · Year unknown
Perciformes up 10 kg Serranochromis robustus Yellow-belly Bream Rod & reel 3,86 kg Lungwebungu River · 2013
catfishes up 10 kg Synodontis xiphias Long-snouted Catfish Other methods ~ 6 kg Niger River system · Year unknown
pufferfishes Tetraodon mbu Freshwater Puffer fish Other methods ~ 7 kg Lake Tanganyika, Congo River system · Year unknown