The hump back blue is one of the most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to above 120 pounds. Today's competition for the American recordbook of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish farmed commercially. Recent , 6 28 2005, discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the age of dinosaurs.

The World's largest catfish, weighed 646.2 pounds, caught in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 1,2005, and is titled as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as an endangered species.

The river catfish grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.

The flattened head, of the goujon and the yellow skin denotes the second biggest freshwater catfish. The American record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. These catfish might survive 19 years and longer. Most varieties of catfish from running water is very good eating.

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