International Underwater
Spearfishing Association
World Records |
 |
Common
fish name |
|
Scientific
fish name |
|
Weight |
|
Diver |
|
Date |
|
Country |
|
|
|
|
|
Albacore |
|
Thunnus alalunga |
|
12.7 kg. |
|
28.0 lbs. |
|
James E. Yates |
|
1962-07-26 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Amberjack,
Greater |
|
Seriola dumerili |
|
41.3 kg. |
|
91.0 lbs. |
|
Dan Edgar |
|
1961-01-21 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Barracuda,
Great |
|
Sphyraena
barracuda |
|
28.7 kg. |
|
63.3 lbs. |
|
Joshua C. Larsen |
|
2004-03-22 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Barracuda,
Pacific |
|
Sphyraena
argentea |
|
8.7 kg. |
|
19.2 lbs. |
|
Sidney Binder |
|
1975-08-05 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Bass,
Giant (Black) Sea |
|
Stereolepis gigas |
|
247.2 kg. |
|
545.0 lbs. |
|
Bob L. Stanbery |
|
1968-09-01 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
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 |
|
8.2 kg. |
|
18.1 lbs. |
|
Sid Campbell |
|
1974-08-31 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Cabezon |
|
Scorpaenichthys
marmoratus |
|
10.0 kg. |
|
22.0 lbs. |
|
Harold Holmes |
|
1963-08-22 |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Coralgrouper,
Blacksaddle |
|
Plectropomus
laevis |
|
20.5 kg. |
|
45.2 lbs. |
|
Allen Hansen |
|
2002-11-16 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
|
|
|
Coralgrouper,
Spotted |
|
Plectropomus
maculatus |
|
11.8 kg. |
|
26.0 lbs. |
|
Omer E. Nielson |
|
1972-06-10 |
|
FIJI |
|
|
|
Dolphinfish,
Common |
|
Coryphaena
hippurus |
|
31.8 kg. |
|
70.1 lbs. |
|
Peter McGonagle |
|
1989-11-27 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
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 |
|
10.1 kg. |
|
22.2 lbs. |
|
Luiz A.B. Ribeiro |
|
1995-07-31 |
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
Grouper,
Black |
|
Mycteroperca
bonaci |
|
22.6 kg. |
|
49.8 lbs. |
|
Lemuel A. Ramos |
|
2005-02-26 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Grouper,
Broomtail |
|
Mycteroperca
xenarcha |
|
93.9 kg. |
|
207.0 lbs. |
|
Jack Prodanovich |
|
1945-09-11 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
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,
Goliath (Jewfish) |
|
Epinepnelus
itajara |
|
364.7 kg. |
|
804.0 lbs. |
|
Don Pinder |
|
1949-05-10 |
|
UNITED STATES |
|
|
|
Grouper,
Leopard |
|
Mycteroperca
rosacea |
|
12.0 kg. |
|
26.5 lbs. |
|
Jim Russell |
|
1994-05-04 |
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
Grouper,
Mottled |
|
Mycteroperca
rubra |
|
7.0 kg. |
|
15.4 lbs. |
|
Peristeris
Emmanouil |
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