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That’s a big fish.
Fishermen in northern Cambodia reportedly caught a 661-pound freshwater stingray in the Mekong earlier this month.
The giant fish, caught on June 13, 2022, was recognized as the world’s largest freshwater fish officially recorded, according to Guinness World Records.
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The female stingray was named Boramy, which means “full moon” in the Khmer language, Reuters reported.
The world’s largest freshwater fish, a giant stingray weighing 661 pounds, was caught in the Mekong on June 13.
(Sinsamout Ounboundisane/FISHBIO/Handout via REUTERS)
Boramy is 13 feet long — including her tail — and it took about a dozen men to bring her to shore, according to Reuters.
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The stingray was measured by a team of international experts working with the US-Cambodian Wonders of the Mekong project, according to Guinness World Records.
After being measured and electronically tagged, Boramy was released back into the river.
The electronic tagging will allow scientists to monitor the movement and behavior of the fish, Reuters reported.
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Biologist Zeb Hogan, director of the Wonders of the Mekong project, told Reuters that catching boramy is exciting because it’s the world’s largest fish.
The female stingray was named Boramy, which means “full moon” in the Khmer language. It took about a dozen men to land the huge fish.
(Sinsamout Ounboundisane/FISHBIO/Handout via REUTERS)
“It’s also exciting news because it means this stretch of the Mekong is still healthy,” Hogan added. “It’s a sign of hope that these giant fish (here) are still alive.”
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Dana Lee, a biologist at FISHBIO, a fisheries and environmental consultancy, was also one of the experts who measured boramy.
Boramy was surveyed and tagged before being released back into the Mekong.
(Sinsamout Ounboundisane/FISHBIO/Handout via REUTERS)
“Getting my first glimpse of the giant stingray as it was pulled from the deep was a magical moment for me,” Lee told Guinness World Records.
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“The Mekong has always been a mythical place to me, and this creature almost seemed like the river personified,” Lee added.
According to Reuters, Boramy took the record for world’s largest freshwater fish from a 646-pound (293 kg) catfish caught in northern Thailand in 2005.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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