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Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
Fish · Least concern
vs
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Goldfish
Carassius auratus
Fish · Least concern
One clip names both of them
581 views between them.
Wels catfish outweighs Goldfish 110× — 168 kg against 1.6 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
168 kg
🐟 Wels catfish · AnAge
1.6 kg
🐟 Goldfish · FishBase
Body length
2.73 m
🐟 Wels catfish · FishBase
0.1 m
🐟 Goldfish · FishBase
Maximum lifespan
60 yr
🐟 Wels catfish · AnAge
41 yr
🐟 Goldfish · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Neopterygii (subclass), home to 37,674 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.