Giant Fish Weighing 780kg Caught Off Bengal's Digha; Sold For Rs 50,000 Latest

An enormous fish weighing reportedly around 780kg was caught by a group of fishermen off Bengal's Digha coast this morning. The fish which locals call Shankar fish resembles the ear of an elephant. It...

A huge fish weighing around 780 kg was caught by a group of fishermen off the Digha coast of Bengal this morning. The fish that the locals call Shankar fish resembles an elephant's ear. It was 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. The huge fish was sold for Rs 50,000 to a fish trading company in the state.

The fish was caught 8 km from Udaypur beach in Odisha, near Digha. Fishermen in the coastal town say this is the heaviest fish they have ever caught.

A fish is most likely a giant manta ray in the Ray family of fish given the location where it was caught. Shankar fish is a generic name for all Ray fish in parts of eastern India.