The Mekong giant catfish is the official freshwater heavyweight champion of the world. According to the Guinness Book of Records, a nine-foot-long individual caught in northern Thailand in 2005 ...

By Anton L. Delgado The first-ever acoustic telemetry network in the Mekong River has tracked key migration corridors ...

Six Mekong giant catfish, a critically endangered species, in Cambodia were recently spotted and caught within the span of a week, giving scientists and locals hope that conservation efforts may ...

The river catfish may be overshadowed by its famed cousin, the Mekong giant catfish, which shares the same river system in Southeast Asia. But this less celebrated species is a remarkable fish in ...

Few freshwater fish can match the size of the Mekong giant catfish, which can exceed 10 ... that's been known to surpass 19 feet in historical records, although modern specimens are usually ...