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Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
Fish · Least concern
vs
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Largemouth bass
Micropterus salmoides
Fish · Least concern
One clip names both of them
2,558 views between them.
Wels catfish outweighs Largemouth bass 30× — 168 kg against 5.5 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
168 kg
🐟 Wels catfish · AnAge
5.53 kg
🐟 Largemouth bass · AnAge
Body length
2.73 m
🐟 Wels catfish · FishBase
0.4 m
🐟 Largemouth bass · FishBase
Maximum lifespan
60 yr
🐟 Wels catfish · AnAge
23 yr
🐟 Largemouth bass · 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.