Giant stingray makes Guinness Records

Ginormous find: The 4m giant freshwater stingray weighing 300kg was caught in the Mekong River of Cambodia’s Stung Treng province in June 2022 and later released back into the wild. — Reuters

A giant freshwater stingray (Urogymnus polylepis) – found in Koh Preah commune of Stung Treng province in the Mekong River in 2022 and weighing 300kg – has been officially recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, according to Wonders of the Mekong.

Wonders of the Mekong, a conservation group supported by the United States Agency for International Development, fitted an acoustic tag to the ray, named Boramey, before returning it to the Mekong River last year.