Giant Stingray

 

THE TRUE MONSTERS IN THE WORLD’S

Fishers and scientists announced the world's largest known freshwater GIANT STINGRAY

The giant stingray, weighing an estimated 250 to 450 kilograms was reeled in on January 2009 in Thailand (recording in National Geographic.)

The stingray's body measured 2 meters wide by 2.1 meters long. The tail was missing. If it had been there, the ray's total length would have been between 4.5 and 5 meters.

The giant stingray once overfished may be more abundant than previously thought and it may confirm the giant stingray as the heavyweight champ of the Megafishes

The Thai populations were once considered critically endangered although with the discovery of new populations the stingray's abundance appears higher than previously believed

Freshwater giant stingrays are among the largest of the approximately 200 species. They can be found in a handful of rivers in Southeast Asia and northern Australia.

Much is still unknown about the species including whether or not it can swim out to and survive at sea. The species was first described scientifically only in 1989. 

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