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 ...

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Photos show the catfish’s “astonishing array of color patterns.” The fish vary in hue — ranging from pinkish to orangish to cream — and in the density of their typically brown markings.