Because all of the giant fish finds have been female, they think this may be a spawning hotspot for some species of fish. Researchers are saying that this is the fourth giant stingray reported in the same area in the past two months. The previous record for biggest freshwater fish was a 646-pound Mekong giant catfish, which was discovered in Thailand in 2005. Surprisingly enough, the recent giant discovery isn’t the first discovered in the Mekong River. So about 70 percent of giant freshwater fish globally are threatened with extinction, and all of the Mekong species."
They’re impacted by things like habitat fragmentation from dams, obviously impacted by overfishing.
So if they’re fished before they mature, they don’t have a chance to reproduce." Hogan also added that "A lot of these big fish are migratory, so they need large areas to survive. Hogan told AP News that "Big fish globally are endangered. Scientists were amazed at what they saw, and according to a caption on the Wonders of the Mekong Instagram account, "This is an astonishing, globally significant event and one that also holds deeper meaning because many species of giant freshwater fish face extinction." The Mekong River runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, and according to Wonders of the Mekong leader Zeb Hogan, it’s a wonder that a fish could grow to such a large size, especially because the waterway faces many environmental challenges. The device will send tracking information for the next year, providing new data on giant stingray behavior in Cambodia. Once scientists arrived, they proceeded to measure and insert a tagging device near the tail of the fish. After capturing the fish, the fisherman alerted a nearby team of scientists from the Wonders of the Mekong project. The stingray was caught by a local fisherman in northeastern Cambodia. The ray weighs a whopping 661 pounds according to a statement Monday by Wonders of the Mekong, a joint Cambodian-US research project. The world’s largest freshwater fish was just caught in Cambodia, according to scientists.Įarlier this month, Cambodian and American scientists reported finding a 13-foot giant stingray in the Mekong River.
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