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 ...

Conservationists in Cambodia on Friday celebrated the discovery of six highly endangered Mekong ... of the giant catfish -- one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world ...

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Conservationists are celebrating the discovery and release back into nature of six highly endangered Mekong giant catfish in Cambodia ... which is among the world's largest freshwater fish.

and goonch catfish. The river also is home to the critically endangered fresh-water Irrawaddy dolphins and giant soft-shell turtles. Teeming with marine life, over 1,000 fish species swim within the ...

The Mekong giant catfish is listed by The Guinness Book of World Records as the Earth's largest freshwater fish. Reaching a maximum size of three metres in length and 300kg, the species is unique to ...