Cambodia, Mekong River — Kon Sophol knew the giant stingray hooked on the end of his line was bigger than any fish he had ever seen ... be named the largest recorded freshwater fish in the ...

The sea creature weighed 661 pounds and needed a dozen men to be carried ashore Villagers in Cambodia recently reeled in the world's largest ... on record: a 661 pound, 13 feet wide stingray.

A fisherman in Cambodia snagged the rights to a true fish tale last week, landing what turned out to be the largest freshwater fish ever caught. The giant freshwater stingray (Urogymnus polylepis ...

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 ...

BANGKOK -- The world's largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United ...

But, as of 2022, we have a new record holder for the largest freshwater fish ever caught — a Mekong giant stingray. Stingrays live in both fresh and saltwater; they’re closely related to sharks.

The monster catch surpassed the previous record holder which was a 293kg ... on the night of June 13 to say he had caught a "very big" stingray. Dr Hogan said: "The stingray find is evidence ...

Scientists tag and release a giant freshwater stingray in the Chao Phraya ... which Guinness World Records recognized as the largest-ever recorded freshwater fish in 2022. The discovery energized ...

But then we’d also have to include the 661-pound giant stingray that some angler ... out the previous Guinness World Record for the largest freshwater fish ever caught. There are also plenty ...