The disappearance of the Mekong giant catfish is a sign of the slow decline of environmental conditions throughout the river. Like many species in the Mekong, the giant catfish needs great ...

Southeast Asia’s Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) is the world’s largest freshwater fish, with the biggest among them weighing an astonishing 650 pounds (300 kilograms), and growing ...

The iconic Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) is one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, and one of the hardest to study. New scientific techniques are beginning to unlock its secrets. The ...

The Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) is found only in the Mekong River and is one of the largest freshwater fish species in the world. It is also extremely elusive! Since 2000, only 5 ...

The Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) may be the first to disappear from the river, he said. The few that remain can be spotted now only in central Cambodia and here, just below the ...

The Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) species is listed as critically endangered by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), which means it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

the Mekong giant catfish. Imagine their horror, then, when they heard that Thai fishermen had landed one the size of a large horse, and eaten it. The fish, Pangasianodon gigas, was a 2.7-metre ...

There are fresh-water fish species of up to 300 or even 500kg in weight in this river. The largest species is the Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas). This is perhaps the most interesting and ...

A planned dam on the Mekong River in Laos promises to disrupt the reproductive cycle of the giant catfish ... dam will stand in the way of the Pangasianodon gigas, thought to migrate hundreds ...

So far this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has released 12 Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas), seven giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis), 70 marine turtles and 22 ...

Of particular interest to Cites delegates, the dam poses a serious threat to two of the rarest freshwater fish in the world, the critically endangered Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas ...

nudging out the Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas), the largest of which was a 646-pound (293 kg) specimen caught in Thailand in 2005. The giant freshwater stingray also hails from the ...