Rod & reel Documented IGFA listed
catfishes over 50 kg
Pylodictis olivaris
Flathead Catfish
Native range continent: North America
Pylodictis olivaris is listed in the freshwater record catalogue (catfishes over 50 kg).
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.
Rod & reel Documented
Weight not recorded · 155 cm
Method unknown Documented
50 years
Age record: verified.
Other methods Documented
63,45 kg · 175 cm
Weight and length are not asserted as the same specimen.
Catch photographs
Other methods Documented
63,45 kg
Other methods Documented
Weight not recorded · 175 cm
Questionable Questionable
+ 72,5 kg
Questionable Questionable
71,21 kg · + 170 cm
Weight and length are not asserted as the same specimen.
Catch photographs
not verified, maybe world record
Questionable Questionable
71,21 kg
Questionable Questionable
+ 63,5 kg
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