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 ...

Conservationists in Cambodia on Friday celebrated the discovery of six highly endangered Mekong ... of the giant catfish -- one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world ...

The iconic Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) is one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, and one of the hardest to study. New scientific techniques are beginning to unlock its secrets. The ...