Cambodian fishermen hook enormous, endangered freshwater stingray

Cambodian fishermen hook enormous, endangered freshwater stingray

Source: scmp

5/11/2022

Cambodian fishermen hook enormous, endangered freshwater stingray

Credit: AFP

The stingray, measuring four metres in length and weighing 180kg, was caught by accident after it swallowed a smaller fish that had taken a baited hook
An international team on the US-funded Wonders of the Mekong project worked to unhook the fish and return it unharmed to the river

Cambodian fishermen on the Mekong River got a shock when they inadvertently hooked an endangered giant freshwater stingray four metres long and weighing 180kg, scientists said on Wednesday.

The female leviathan, one of Southeast Asia’s largest and rarest species of fish, was caught by accident last week in Stung Treng province when it swallowed a smaller fish that had taken a baited hook.