What a giant stingray says about the Mekong
The discovery of the world’s biggest freshwater fish spells hope for the struggling river
It took a dozen men to load Boramy, a giant stingray, onto the scales. At just under 300kg, she is the biggest freshwater fish ever weighed. She was caught by a Cambodian fisherman on the Mekong, South-East Asia’s longest river, on June 13th. She was the fourth giant stingray recorded in the area in the past few months. She swam away tagged.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “A giant stingray in the Mekong”
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