SHANGRALA'S
GIANT
CATFISH!
Welcome! Come on in. Meet Zeb Hogan and say hello to his captured catfish.
Hogan leads the Megafishes Project which documents, studies, and protects
the world's largest freshwater fish. Hogan, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer
calls the giant fish "the real-life Loch Ness monsters and Bigfoots of the aquatic world."
Caught on November 13,2007 by Hogan and some fishers in Cambodia, this Mekong giant
catfish is an amazing 8 feet long and weighs in at 450 pounds! Zeb Hogan (far right),
collected data on the fish and released it unharmed.
Here are pictures of it and some other fish Hogan has documented. Enjoy! :)
A Taimen - a giant member of the salmon family - in Mongolia.
Mississippi paddlefish - 87 Inches w/paddle - Mississippi River Basin, N.America
Alligator gar - 120 Inches 300 lbs - Mississippi River Basin, N.America
Nile perch - 79 Inches 441 lbs - Nile River Basin, Africa
Stingray - 197 Inches 1,323 lbs, diameter 95 Inches - Mekong River Basin, S.E.Asia
Arapaima - 177 Inches 441 lbs - Amazon River Basin, South America
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