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This specimen, caught in 2005, was widely recognized as the largest entirely freshwater fish ever caught (the largest sturgeon species, the beluga, can far exceed this size, but they are anadromous), until surpassed in June of 2022 by a giant freshwater stingray specimen caught in Cambodia. [6] Thai fisheries officials stripped the giant ...
The largest flathead catfish, Pylodictis olivaris, ever caught was in Independence, Kansas, weighing 56 kg (123 lb). These records pale in comparison to a Mekong giant catfish caught in northern Thailand on 1 May 2005, and reported to the press almost 2 months later, that weighed 293 kilograms (646 lb).
The current rod-and-reel angling record for a Wallago attu caught in the wild and authenticated by the International Game Fish Association is a specimen of 18 kg (40 lb) from the Vajiralongkorn dam reservoir in Thailand, while some specialized recreational catch-and-release breeding ponds in the region claim to harbour specimens in the 20–30 ...
An angler 6ft-long catfish from a lake in Thailand during a fishing fundraiser on 21 August. Somchai Boontong was competing in an event to raise money for schools, hospitals, and local fisheries ...
Check out this massive fish that measures almost seven-feet-long
Hemibagrus wyckioides reaches a length of 130 centimetres (51 inches) TL. [1] This species is the largest Bagrid catfish in Asia, and may reach 80 kilograms. [3] The caudal fin is white when the fish is small, but it becomes bright red when it reaches about 15 cm (6 in).
The catfish species in the video are blue catfish. They can grow up to five feet long and weigh over 100 pounds. The largest catfish on record is a blue catfish, measuring 57 inches and weighing ...
Two species in this genus are recognized: [1] Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931 (Mekong giant catfish); Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) (iridescent shark); Despite local protection and quite widespread awareness of the giant catfish and its critically endangered status, the species is gravely threatened by the build-out of hydroelectric dams on the Mekong River and its tributaries ...