Cambodian catches world’s largest recorded freshwater fish

A team of Cambodian and American scientists and researchers, along with Fisheries Administration officials, prepares to release a giant freshwater stingray back into the Mekong River in the north-eastern province of Stung Treng, Cambodia (Chhut Chheana/Wonders of the Mekong via AP)

The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the South East Asian nation and the United States.

The stingray, captured on June 13, measured almost four metres (13ft) from snout to tail and weighed slightly under 300 kilograms (660lbs), according to a statement from Wonders of the Mekong, a joint Cambodian-US research project.