A 300 kg giant stingray, found from Cambodian waters, has set a new world record as the largest freshwater fish ever discovered.
- The stingray was named ‘Boramy’, which translates to ‘full moon’ in the Khemer language.
- The giant fish was hooked in by a 42-year-old fisherman named Moul Thun on the Mekong River on 13 June.
- It measures almost 13 feet from snout to tail and weighs slightly under 300 kilograms. It broke the previous record set by a 293-kilogram (646-pound) Mekong giant catfish, discovered in Thailand in 2005.
- The giant freshwater stingray is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found in large rivers and estuaries in Southeast Asia and Borneo, though historically it may have been more widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia.
- The stingray was measured by a team of international experts working with the U.S.-Cambodian “Wonders of the Mekong” project, according to Guinness, which announced news of the “record-breaking ray” on its website.
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