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Mekong Giant Catfish
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A Cambodian man observes a Mekong giant catfish on the Tonle Sap River. Fishermen captured this specimen, which weighed about 500 pounds (230 kilograms), as bycatch in a stationary bag net. It was later released.
Photograph courtesy Zeb Hogan
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