(Sinsamout Ounboundisane/FISHBIO/Handout via REUTERS) Boramy is 13 feet. “You have a fish that’s now the record holder for the world’s largest freshwater fish, and we know little about it.” The world's biggest freshwater fish, a giant stingray, that weighs 661 pounds, was caught on June 13 in the Mekong River. What they’re saying: Zeb Hogan, a fish biologist and leader of the USAID-funded Wonders of the Mekong project, says the catch “highlights how little we know about a lot of these giant freshwater fish,” NBC News reported. The stingray beat out the previous record-holder from 2005, a 646-pound Mekong giant catfish that was caught in Thailand, by 15 pounds, per BBC News. Beluga Sturgeon (C Simmons / Flickr) The beluga sturgeon in Russia is the largest freshwater fish in the world.
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The total population number and location are often a mystery, but you can recognize these fish by their brown-gray color, full and flat body top, and longer whippy tails. The biggest freshwater fish ever caught on rod and reel is a 660 pound female stingray over 13 feet long in Cambodias Mekong River. Cambodian villagers have caught the world’s biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, according to researchers.ĭriving the news: A 661-pound stingray was caught in the Mekong river in Cambodia, setting a new record for the largest freshwater fish ever caught. The Giant Freshwater Stingray is considered one of the largest freshwater fish because of its towering long 8-foot length and heavy 1300 pounds weight.
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