A giant freshwater female trout weighing more than 180 kilogrammes caught by fishermen in the Mekong River has been released into waters after it was handed over to Stung Treng provincial fishery officials for conservation.

 

Stung Treng Provincial Fishery Officer Chan Bunsoeun told Khmer Times on Friday that this giant freshwater trout or Urogymnus Polylepis [its scientific name] was caught by a group of Cambodian fishermen last week in the Mekong River in Cambodian-Lao-Border, in Siem Bok commune’s Koh Preah commune.

 

Bunsoeun said that after catching it, the fishermen alerted local authorities and later handed it over to Stung Treng provincial fishery officials for conservation. He said that it has a body length of 185cm, a length of 200 cm and a total body length from head to tail 393 cm. He stated that according to scientists, they believe that this Cambodian freshwater giant trout, which currently weighs more than 180 kilogrammes, can grow up to 600 kilogrammes.

 

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That's a trout??????

 

14 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

That's a trout??????

 

Something lost in translation. Urogymnus Polylepis is a giant freshwater stingray, as shown in the photo.