World's largest freshwater fish found, released in Cambodia's Mekong River
STORY: World's largest freshwater fish found, released in Cambodia's Mekong River
DATELINE: June 22, 2022
LENGTH: 0:01:45
LOCATION: Phnom Penh
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. The giant stingray caught by fisherman in Cambodia
2. Conservationists measuring the giant stingray
3. The giant stingray released back into the Mekong River
STORYLINE:
The world's largest freshwater fish, a 661-pound (300-kilogram) giant stingray, has been found near a remote island in the Mekong River in northeast Cambodia's Stung Treng province, according to a Wonders of the Mekong's press statement released late on Monday.
The record-breaking stingray, which measured over 13 feet (almost 4 meters) from snout to tail, was hooked by a fisher south of the town of Stung Treng on June 13, in the middle stretches of the Mekong River, the statement said.
The previous record-holder for the largest freshwater fish on earth was a 646-pound (293-kilogram) Mekong giant catfish caught in Thailand in 2005, it added.
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