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 ...

Also known as swai and river cobbler, basa is a type of catfish native to the Mekong ... Basa fish farms are all located in ...

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 ...

Their quarry—pangasius, also known as Asian catfish—represents one of the fastest growing ... is farmed in 23 square miles of ponds across nine provinces of the Mekong River Delta, a critically ...