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|
International Underwater
Spearfishing Association
21st Century Records |
 |
Common
fish name |
|
Scientific
fish name |
|
Weight |
|
Diver |
|
Date |
|
Country |
|
|
|
|
|
Albacore |
|
Thunnus alalunga |
|
11.6 kg. |
|
25.5 lbs. |
|
Eugene Emory |
|
1999-09-17 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Amberjack,
Greater |
|
Seriola dumerili |
|
41.0 kg. |
|
90.5 lbs. |
|
Mark E. Labocetta |
|
2000-07-31 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Angler |
|
Lophius
piscatorius |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barracuda, European |
|
Sphyraena
sphyraena |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barracuda,
Great |
|
Sphyraena
barracuda |
|
28.7 kg. |
|
63.3 lbs. |
|
Joshua C. Larsen |
|
2004-03-22 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Barracuda, Pacific |
|
Sphyraena
argentea |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bass, Barred Sand |
|
Paralabrax
nebulifer |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bass, Kelp (Calico) |
|
Paralabrax
clathratus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bass, Leather |
|
Dermatolepis
dermatolepis |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bass,
Striped |
|
Morone saxatilis |
|
27.1 kg. |
|
59.8 lbs. |
|
Robert R. Schroeder,
Jr. |
|
1998-08-08 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Bass,
Striped |
|
Morone saxatilis |
|
18.9 kg. |
|
41.7 lbs. |
|
|
|
(womens) |
|
Granis Jane
Stewart |
|
|
|
2000-07-22 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Bluefish |
|
Pomatomus
saltatrix |
|
9.3 kg. |
|
20.5 lbs. |
|
Paulo de Sa Jr. |
|
2001-06-15 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Bonito,
Atlantic |
|
Sarda sarda |
|
10.1 kg. |
|
22.3 lbs. |
|
Luis Gouveia |
|
2004-10-02 |
|
PORTUGAL |
|
|
|
Bonito, Pacific |
|
Sarda chiliensis |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cabezon |
|
Scorpaenichthys
marmoratus |
|
7.7 kg. |
|
16.9 lbs. |
|
Pablo C. Pizarro |
|
2001-10-20 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Cabrilla,
Spotted |
|
Epinephelus
analogus |
|
23.6 kg. |
|
52.0 lbs. |
|
Brandon Wahlers |
|
2003-07-06 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Chub,
Bermuda |
|
Kyphosus
sectatrix |
|
9.9 kg. |
|
21.9 lbs. |
|
Eduardo Souto de
Oliveira |
|
2001-11-15 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Cobia |
|
Rachycentron
canadum |
|
47.4 kg. |
|
104.5 lbs. |
|
Carlos Alberto
Sicupira |
|
2005-04-22 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Cod, Atlantic |
|
Gadus morhua |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coralgrouper,
Blacksaddle |
|
Plectropomus
laevis |
|
20.5 kg. |
|
45.2 lbs. |
|
Allen Hansen |
|
2002-11-16 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
|
|
|
Coralgrouper,
Leopard |
|
Plectropomus
leopardus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coralgrouper,
Spotted |
|
Plectropomus
maculatus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Croaker, Geelbeck |
|
Atractoscion
aequidens |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dentex, Common |
|
Dentex dentex |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dentex, Pink |
|
Dentex gibbosus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dolphinfish,
Common |
|
Coryphaena
hippurus |
|
26.5 kg. |
|
58.4 lbs. |
|
Carlos Alberto
Sicupira |
|
1998-01-03 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Dolphinfish,
Common |
|
Coryphaena
hippurus |
|
15.0 kg. |
|
33.0 lbs. |
|
|
|
2004-11-07 |
|
COSTA RICA |
|
|
|
Drum,
Black |
|
Pogonias cromis |
|
38.1 kg. |
|
84.0 lbs. |
|
Christopher Saxl |
|
2003-08-24 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Flounder, Brazilian |
|
Paralichthys
brasiliensis |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Flounder, Fine |
|
Paralichthys
adspersus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grouper,
Black |
|
Mycteroperca
bonaci |
|
22.6 kg. |
|
49.8 lbs. |
|
Lemuel A. Ramos |
|
2005-02-26 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Grouper,
Broomtail |
|
Mycteroperca
xenarcha |
|
55.8 kg. |
|
123.0 lbs. |
|
Brian Dreiling |
|
2003-07-06 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Grouper,
Broomtail |
|
Mycteroperca
xenarcha |
|
47.1 kg. |
|
103.9 lbs. |
|
|
|
2001-07-10 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Grouper,
Comb |
|
Mycteroperca
acutirostris |
|
10.2 kg. |
|
22.5 lbs. |
|
Humberto Santos |
|
2002-11-28 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Grouper,
Dusky |
|
Epinephelus
marginatus |
|
35.1 kg. |
|
77.4 lbs. |
|
Antonio Filho |
|
2002-08-25 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Grouper,
Gag |
|
Mycteroperca
microlepis |
|
29.2 kg. |
|
64.4 lbs. |
|
Carlos Alberto
Sicupira |
|
1997-11-01 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Grouper, Goldblotch |
|
Epinephelus
costae |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grouper, Gulf |
|
Mycteroperca
jordani |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grouper, Island |
|
Mycteroperca
fusca |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grouper,
Leopard |
|
Mycteroperca
rosacea |
|
11.4 kg. |
|
25.0 lbs. |
|
Luiz Adrian Martinez
C |
|
2005-04-16 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Grouper,
Mottled |
|
Mycteroperca
rubra |
|
7.0 kg. |
|
15.4 lbs. |
|
Peristeris Emmanouil |
|
1999-08-13 |
|
GREECE |
|
|
|
Grouper,
Red |
|
Epinephelus morio |
|
6.8 kg. |
|
15.0 lbs. |
|
Jose Santeiro |
|
2005-03-26 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Grouper, Sawtail |
|
Mycteroperca
prionura |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grouper,
Warsaw |
|
Epinephelus
nigritus |
|
17.9 kg. |
|
39.4 lbs. |
|
Paulo De Sa' Junior |
|
2004-10-20 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Grouper, White |
|
Epinephelus
aeneus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grunt,
Burrito |
|
Anisotremus
interruptus |
|
5.9 kg. |
|
13.0 lbs. |
|
Anonymous |
|
1997-06-27 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Halfmoon, Southern |
|
Medialuna
ancietae |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Halibut, California |
|
Paralichthys
californicus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Halibut, Cortez |
|
Paralichthys
aestuarius |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Halibut, Pacific |
|
Hippoglossus
stenolepis |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hogfish |
|
Lachnolaimus
maximus |
|
8.4 kg. |
|
18.5 lbs. |
|
Mark E. Labocetta |
|
2000-11-19 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Hogfish, Barred |
|
Bodianus scrofa |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jack,
Almaco |
|
Seriola rivoliana |
|
51.0 kg. |
|
112.4 lbs. |
|
Bernard A. Finnerty |
|
2001-07-02 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Jack,
Black |
|
Caranx lugubris |
|
10.6 kg. |
|
23.4 lbs. |
|
Roberto Reyes |
|
2005-04-12 |
|
PUERTO RICO |
|
|
|
Jack,
Crevalle |
|
Caranx hippos |
|
21.2 kg. |
|
46.8 lbs. |
|
Jose Santeiro |
|
2004-11-20 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Jack,
Horse-Eye |
|
Caranx latus |
|
13.8 kg. |
|
30.3 lbs. |
|
Carlos Alberto
Sicupira |
|
2004-02-18 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Jack, Pacific
Crevalle |
|
Caranx caninus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jack,
Yellow |
|
Caranx
bartholomaei |
|
12.8 kg. |
|
28.1 lbs. |
|
Chad Palan |
|
2002-06-01 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Jack,
Yellow |
|
Caranx
bartholomaei |
|
10.3 kg. |
|
22.8 lbs. |
|
|
|
2004-07-09 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Job
Fish (Green) |
|
Aprion virescens |
|
10.9 kg. |
|
24.0 lbs. |
|
Daryl M.C. Wong |
|
2005-05-29 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Leerfish |
|
Lichia amia |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingcod |
|
Ophiodon
elongatus |
|
16.1 kg. |
|
35.4 lbs. |
|
Dennis W. Haussler |
|
2000-08-10 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Mackerel,
Cero |
|
Scomberomorus
regalis |
|
6.4 kg. |
|
14.0 lbs. |
|
Antonio
Valdes-Miranda |
|
2003-06-21 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Mackerel,
King |
|
Scomberomorus
cavalla |
|
32.7 kg. |
|
72.1 lbs. |
|
Jairton Querino |
|
2003-09-27 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Mackerel,
Narrowbarred Spanish |
|
Scomberomorus
commerson |
|
40.5 kg. |
|
89.3 lbs. |
|
Ian Brown |
|
2003-11-20 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
|
|
|
Margate,
Black |
|
Anisotremus
surinamensis |
|
7.3 kg. |
|
16.0 lbs. |
|
Chad Palan |
|
2004-07-09 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Marlin, Atlantic
Blue |
|
Makaira nigricans |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marlin, Atlantic
White |
|
Tetrapturus
albidus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marlin,
Black |
|
Makaira indica |
|
122.2 kg. |
|
269.4 lbs. |
|
George 'Doc' Lopez |
|
2004-09-14 |
|
TONGA |
|
|
|
Marlin, Indo-Pacific
Blue |
|
Makaira mazara |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marlin,
Striped |
|
Tetrapturus audax |
|
134.4 kg. |
|
296.3 lbs. |
|
Chris Brown |
|
1997-04-19 |
|
NEW ZEALAND |
|
|
|
Meagre |
|
Argyrosomus
regius |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Meagre, Brown |
|
Sciaena umbra |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Milkfish |
|
Chanos chanos |
|
25.0 kg. |
|
55.1 lbs. |
|
Marc Alexander |
|
2002-02-12 |
|
FRENCH POLYNESIA |
|
|
|
Mulloway |
|
Argyrosomus
japonicus |
|
38.4 kg. |
|
84.7 lbs. |
|
Gavin Smithers |
|
2002-09-09 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
|
|
|
Parrotfish,
Azure |
|
Scarus compressus |
|
5.9 kg. |
|
13.0 lbs. |
|
Tim Driskell |
|
2004-07-10 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Parrotfish, Blue |
|
Scarus coerulus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parrotfish,
Bumphead |
|
Scarus perrico |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parrotfish,
Ember |
|
Scarus
rubroviolaceus |
|
8.2 kg. |
|
18.1 lbs. |
|
William C. Mahin |
|
2001-03-18 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Parrotfish,
Green Humphead |
|
Bolbometopon
muricatum |
|
58.9 kg. |
|
129.9 lbs. |
|
Mark Alexander |
|
2003-09-12 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
|
|
|
Parrotfish,
Rainbow |
|
Scarus guacamaia |
|
9.8 kg. |
|
21.6 lbs. |
|
Roberto Reyes |
|
2005-01-29 |
|
PUERTO RICO |
|
|
|
Permit |
|
Trachinotus
falcatus |
|
18.5 kg. |
|
40.8 lbs. |
|
Sheri Daye |
|
2005-03-19 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Plaice |
|
Pleuronectes
platessa |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pollack |
|
Pollachius
pollachius |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pollock |
|
Pollachius virens |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pompano,
African |
|
Alectis ciliaris |
|
19.8 kg. |
|
43.6 lbs. |
|
Mark E. Labocetta |
|
2001-09-08 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Pompano,
Florida |
|
Trachinotus
carolinus |
|
5.0 kg. |
|
10.9 lbs. |
|
Paulo de Sa' Junior |
|
2004-12-26 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Pompano,
Snubnose |
|
Trachinotus
blochii |
|
10.9 kg. |
|
24.0 lbs. |
|
John Iwaniec |
|
2000-03-12 |
|
JAPAN |
|
|
|
Porgy, Sheepshead |
|
Calamus penna |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rainbow
Runner |
|
Elagatis
bipinnulata |
|
10.3 kg. |
|
22.7 lbs. |
|
Carlos Alberto
Sicupira |
|
2003-02-01 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Roosterfish |
|
Nematistius
pectoralis |
|
31.8 kg. |
|
70.1 lbs. |
|
John Perritti |
|
2003-09-12 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Runner,
Blue |
|
Caranx crysos |
|
4.5 kg. |
|
9.9 lbs. |
|
Eduardo Souto de
Oliveira |
|
1997-03-01 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Sailfish |
|
Istiophorus
platypterus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sailfish,
Pacific |
|
Istiophorus
platypterus |
|
63.2 kg. |
|
139.3 lbs. |
|
Gavin Roy Smithers |
|
2002-04-20 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
|
|
|
Sandperch, Austral |
|
Pinguipes
brasilianus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sandperch, Chilean |
|
Pinguipes
chilensis |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sea
Bass, White |
|
Atractoscion
nobilis |
|
34.7 kg. |
|
76.6 lbs. |
|
Todd Bergenbring |
|
1999-02-28 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Sea
Bass, White |
|
Atractoscion
nobilis |
|
24.1 kg. |
|
53.2 lbs. |
|
|
|
2002-08-03 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Seabass, European |
|
Dicentrarchus
labrax |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Seabass, White |
|
Atractoscion
nobilis |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Seabream, Common |
|
Pagrus pagrus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Seabream, Gilthead |
|
Sparus aurata |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sheephead,
California |
|
Semicossyphus
pulcher |
|
8.3 kg. |
|
18.3 lbs. |
|
Johnathon C. Hanson |
|
2005-06-03 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Sheepshead,
Atlantic |
|
Archosargus
probatocephalus |
|
5.8 kg. |
|
12.8 lbs. |
|
Richard Martin |
|
2002-08-02 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Snapper
Colorado |
|
Lutjanus colorado |
|
12.7 kg. |
|
28.0 lbs. |
|
Craig Petersen |
|
2005-03-25 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Snapper,
Atlantic Cubera |
|
Lutjanus
cyanopterus |
|
42.6 kg. |
|
93.8 lbs. |
|
Manuel Menendez II |
|
2004-05-08 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Snapper, Atlantic
Cubera |
|
Lutjanus
cyanopterus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snapper, Colorado |
|
Lutjanus colorado |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snapper,
Dog |
|
Lutjanus jocu |
|
8.7 kg. |
|
19.1 lbs. |
|
Roberto Reyes |
|
2005-02-05 |
|
PUERTO RICO |
|
|
|
Snapper, Gray |
|
Lutjanus griseus |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snapper,
Gray (Mangrove) |
|
Lutjanus griseus |
|
6.0 kg. |
|
13.2 lbs. |
|
Mike Wade |
|
2005-06-03 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Snapper, Mexican
Barred |
|
Hoplopagrus
guentheri |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snapper,
Mullet |
|
Lutjanus aratus |
|
16.1 kg. |
|
35.5 lbs. |
|
Robin A. Carden |
|
2003-07-05 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Snapper,
Mutton |
|
Lutjanus analis |
|
10.7 kg. |
|
23.5 lbs. |
|
Chad Palan |
|
2002-08-17 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Snapper,
Mutton |
|
Lutjanus analis |
|
8.4 kg. |
|
18.6 lbs. |
|
|
|
2005-03-20 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Snapper,
Northern Red |
|
Lutjanus
campechanus |
|
13.9 kg. |
|
30.6 lbs. |
|
David W. Biron |
|
2004-05-22 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Snapper,
Pacific Cubera |
|
Lutjanus
novemfasciatus |
|
26.5 kg. |
|
58.4 lbs. |
|
Robin Carden |
|
1997-06-24 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Snapper,
Pacific Cubera |
|
Lutjanus
novemfasciatus |
|
20.9 kg. |
|
46.0 lbs. |
|
|
|
2004-05-16 |
|
COSTA RICA |
|
|
|
Snapper, Pacific
Red |
|
Lutjanus peru |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snapper,
Yellow |
|
Lutianus
argentiventris |
|
5.9 kg. |
|
12.9 lbs. |
|
Al Schneppershoff |
|
1997-06-29 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Snook |
|
Centropomus
undecimalis |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snook,
Black |
|
Centropomus
nigrescens |
|
23.6 kg. |
|
52.0 lbs. |
|
Jerry N. Muntz ll |
|
2004-12-13 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Snook,
Common |
|
Centropomus
undecimalis |
|
27.3 kg. |
|
60.3 lbs. |
|
Jorge Tanure |
|
1998-03-08 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Spearfish,
Mediterranean |
|
Tetrapturus
belone |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spearfish,
Shortbill |
|
Tetrapturus
angustirostris |
|
- kg. |
|
- lbs. |
|
(open) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spotted
Knife Jaw |
|
Oplegnathus
punctatus |
|
6.4 kg. |
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