Hogan, who used to host National Geographic’s show “Monster Fish,” went on to describe the extraordinary circumstances of the catch, saying “finding and documenting this fish is remarkable, and a rare positive sign of hope, even more so because it occurred in the Mekong, a river that’s currently facing many challenges,” per BBC News. The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the.“You have a fish that’s now the record holder for the world’s largest freshwater fish, and we know little about it.” 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. Over 176,000 acres of public lakes and 27,300 miles of fishable streams provide every freshwater angler something: tidal river for largemouth bass, striped bass. The last Chinese paddlefish ever seen was caught and tagged in 2003, the same year the Three Gorges Dam was built. Isotopic analysis of the remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish. The fish has been measured as the largest freshwater fish ever recorded. Fishing is an ancient practise that dates back to at least the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period about 40,000 years ago. 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. Once the largest freshwater fish in the world, the Yangtze sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus, could reach 26 feet in length and weigh 1,500 pounds. The giant stingray was caught in Cambodia.The previous record was set in 2005 in Thailand when a fisherman came across a Mekong giant catfish weighing 293 kilograms. 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 fish has been measured as the largest freshwater fish ever recorded.
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