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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 is the official freshwater heavyweight champion of the world. According to the Guinness Book of Records, a nine-foot-long individual caught in northern Thailand in 2005 ...

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 ...

including the catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) and Mekong giant bard (Catlocarpio siamensis). The most spectacular catch was the the record-setting giant stingray (Urogymnus polylepis) which was ...

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 ...

He said this species is one of three giant fish known to inhabit the Mekong, along with the Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) and Mekong giant bard (Catlocarpio siamensis).

along with the Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) and Mekong giant bard (Catlocarpio siamensis). “These species exist only in the Mekong in parts of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand,” he said.