The fish was caught by fishermen in the Stung Treng region of northern Cambodia on June 13, according to GWR.
According to a statement from fishery and environmental company FISHBIO, scientists believe the animal is a positive development in the river, threatened by human robbery and development, dam dams and climate change.
Extraordinary fish, sometimes known as whipray, measured 2.2 m (7 ft 2 in), the equivalent of two ping-pong tables, with "wings" on each side (30 cm), GWR said. continuously.
According to GWR, the ray-breaking ray, is part of the endangered species. Given the Khmer language name, "Borami" meaning "full moon," refers to both his disk-like form and the evening release time.
The estimates were taken by a team of international ichthyologists as part of the US-Cambodian project "Wonders of the Mekong", in collaboration with the Cambodian Fisheries Administration, despite the fact that the findings were made by local people.
Dana Lee, a fishery biologist at FISHBIO, was one of the researchers who helped measure the monster, adds GWR.
"The first sighting of a large stingray while being pulled deep was an amazing moment for me," he told GWR.
"Mekong has always been a mythical place in my mind and this creature was almost like a man-made river," he added.