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Entries from July 2009

Top Ten Monster Fish airs Monday at 7 and 10pm July 27th on the National Geographic Channel

July 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Join Zeb Hogan on his search for the world’s largest freshwater fish.  The program features 10 of the largest and most endangered freshwater fish on Earth, including sawfish, taimen, Mekong giant catfish, white sturgeon, alligator gar, and Chinese paddlefish. 

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Tags: Cambodia · China · Giant fish facts · Mekong giant catfish · Mongolia · National Geographic · giant Eurasian trout · giant stingray · recreational fishing · research · science · taimen

Monster Fish of Mongolia airs Monday at 10pm on the National Geographic Channel

July 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Join aquatic ecologist Zeb Hogan continues his quest to find and protect the worlds largest freshwater fish in the frigid rivers of Mongolia. He will travel by plane, truck, and horseback to find the world’s largest trout known as the taimen (Hucho taimen). This is not your everyday dinner trout. This monster can grow up […]

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Tags: giant Eurasian trout · recreational fishing · research · taimen