Craig Glenday, Editor-in-Chief of the annual Guinness World Records book was sent on-site to verify the authenticity of the claim as soon as the discovery was made and a report sent in by Mr. Wigglesworth.
The world-record accreditation organization has now confirmed that the goldfish, named Herbert by the scuba-diver, measures a staggering 2.5 meters long (8 feet 20 inches) by 1.70 meters tall (5 feet 57 inches). Recognizing the mammoth goldfish, Craig Glenday said: “This is a once in a lifetime discovery, we never imagined here at Guinness World Records we’d ever be measuring a goldfish that was actually bigger than the world’s tallest man!”.  The tallest man in the world is Sultan Kösen from Turkey who stands at 2.46 meters (8 feet 1 inch) tall.