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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.
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 · Thanks to local fishers, a team of scientists on an expedition in Cambodia to tag Mekong River fish has discovered the largest freshwater fish ever documented—a 300-kilogram giant stingray that stretches nearly 4 meters from nose to tail.
21 cze 2022 · The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish has been discovered in the Mekong River in Cambodia, say scientists. The giant stingray measured almost 4 metres from snout to tail and weighed ...
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),...
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)...
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 measure...
