THE giant Mekong catfish is perhaps the most interesting and most threatened species in the Mekong basin.
A species of catfish in the shark catfish family, it is only found in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Weighing up to 300kg, it holds the Guinness record as the world’s largest freshwater fish.
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