making it the largest exclusively freshwater fish ever recorded. Despite its gargantuan size, but also because of it, the giant catfish lives a tenuous existence in the murky waters of its native ...

Creatures now are found only in Southeast Asia's Mekong River but in the past inhabited length of 4,900-kilometer waterway ...

Trout, bass, panfish, and catfish are just some of the freshwater fish species that are routinely targeted with grasshoppers and crickets. Some bait shops sell grasshoppers and crickets ...

The survival of the giant catfish -- one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world -- underscores the urgent need to protect the river's free-flowing connectivity, a statement by the ...

The distinctive bristlenose pleco is a favorite among fish enthusiasts – and it’s no wonder. They are visually stunning, ...

It unseated the previous record-holder, a 646lb (293kg) Mekong giant catfish caught in Thailand in 2005. There is no official record-keeping or database of the world's biggest freshwater fish.

Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — have been caught and released in Cambodia. Scientists estimate only a few hundred ...

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