Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

In search of the world's largest freshwater fish – the wonderfully weird giants lurking in Earth's rivers

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Stefan Lovgren, Research Scientist in River Ecosystems, University of Nevada, Reno

Rivers have been the lifeblood of human civilization throughout history, and yet we know surprisingly little about what lives in many of them – including the giant creatures that prowl their depths.

While we know the biggest animal in the ocean is the blue whale and the largest marine fish is the whale shark, the identity of the world’s largest freshwater fish species long remained a mystery.

Until 2022, that is, when fishers in Cambodia caught a giant freshwater stingray in the remote reaches of…

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