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Title: Zeb said, this fish is largest fresh water fish ever caught in S.E. Asia
Post by: theking on June 20, 2022, 04:18:02 PM

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661 pounds, 13 feet long and a mouth 'the size of a banana': The largest freshwater fish ever caught
(https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/DqQrmuT8dUtjm2bJpFDmYA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/bdVzrm_Cwm52bDJZ702VAg--~B/aD0xNjY3O3c9MjUwMDthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/nbc_news_122/511c0e76efad426add437218229b38d3)

A fisherman in northern Cambodia hooked what researchers say is the world’s largest freshwater fish — a giant stingray that scientists know relatively little about. The fisherman, 42, caught the 661-pound fish — which measured about 13 feet in length — near a remote island on the Mekong River in the Stung Treng area. A team of scientists from the Wonders of Mekong research project helped tag, measure and weigh the ray before it was released back into the river. The research group believes it was healthy when released and expects it to survive. The catch “highlights how little we know about a lot of these giant freshwater fish,” said Zeb...

Title: Re: Zeb said, this fish is largest fresh water fish ever caught in S.E. Asia
Post by: Hung_Low on June 21, 2022, 10:07:06 AM

Quote from: theking on June 20, 2022, 04:18:02 PM

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Mekong is home to giant cats too... 646lbs Cat was caught in 2005.

Title: Re: Zeb said, this fish is largest fresh water fish ever caught in S.E. Asia
Post by: theking on June 21, 2022, 10:51:49 PM

Yup, MeKong's giant catfish:

(https://www.asianews.it/files/img/size3/CAMBOGIA_-_pescegatto_gigante.jpg)