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To date, the largest reliably measured specimen of fish that spends its whole life in fresh/brackish water is a female giant freshwater stingray, aka whipray (Urogymnus polylepis) collected by fishermen in the Mekong River in the Stung Treng region of Cambodia on 13 June 2022.
20 cze 2022 · A 300kg (661lb) stingray caught in the Mekong river in Cambodia is the biggest freshwater fish ever documented, scientists say. It unseated the previous record-holder, a 646lb (293kg) Mekong...
24 cze 2022 · The Mekong giant catfish and the giant freshwater stingray now share the record for largest freshwater fish species as it’s currently too close a call to award it to just one. They are frontrunners in a surprisingly crowded field.
20 cze 2022 · A 661-pound giant freshwater stingray, temporarily removed from the water to be weighed, is the largest freshwater fish ever recorded. Local people and researchers worked quickly to...
20 cze 2022 · Cambodian villagers on the Mekong River have caught what researchers say is the world’s biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, a stingray that weighed in at 661 pounds (about 300 kilograms), and...
7 kwi 2023 · The ray, as it turned out, measured 13 feet long and weighed 661 pounds, which Guinness World Records recognized as the largest-ever recorded freshwater fish in 2022.
The largest species of fish to spend its whole life in fresh/brackish water is currently shared between two primary contenders. The Mekong giant catfish ( Pangasianodon gigas ), principally of the Mekong River basin of south-east Asia, can grow up to 3 m (9 ft 10 in) long and weigh 293 kg (646 lb), based on a 2.7-m (8-ft 11-in) specimen ...
