Method unknown Documented
+ 30 years
Age record: verified.
lungfishes
Protopterus annectens
West African Lungfish
Native range continent: Africa
Protopterus annectens is listed in the freshwater record catalogue (lungfishes).
Record claims
Within the current result set, documented rod-and-reel weights are preferred, then documented unknown-method weights, then other methods, then found-dead. Length is used only when no weight exists; age only when neither weight nor length exists. Questionable claims appear only if nothing documented remains. Ties prefer the larger value, then exact over approximate/over, then the newer year.
Other methods Documented
~ 8 kg
Other methods Documented
~ 4 kg · ~ 80 cm
Weight and length are not asserted as the same specimen.
Catch photographs
Other methods Documented
Weight not recorded · 100 cm
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