Catfish can grow, but farmed catfish are generally small, and their weight is generally less than 10 kilograms, because they will be sold after a few years of breeding and cannot continue to grow.

While wild catfish are relatively large because they grow in the wild . If there is no human interference, catfish can grow very large. The largest catfish on record can weigh more than 200 kilograms, close to 300 kilograms.