A chital (clown knifefish) weighing 13 kg 700 g has been caught on a hook and line in the Baranai river in Naldanga upazila of Natore. A young man fishing beside Sonapatil village hooked it on Wednesday evening, 30 September, Agricare24's Natore correspondent reports.
When the fish was weighed at Sonapatil market it came to 13.7 kg. As word spread, crowds gathered at the market and many took photographs and videos on their phones. Jamil Hossain, Anwar Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Shafi Uddin, Abdul Matin and Fazlur Rahman of West Sonapatil village then bought it together.
There are two accounts of the price. Local sources say a rate of Tk 850 a kilogram was set, which would make Tk 11,645; but locally it is said to have sold for Tk 11,475. The final price could not be confirmed with the buyers or the seller.
Some locals believe the fish may have come from the fish sanctuary on the Baranai, and say it was sold quickly for fear that the authorities, if they noticed, would have it released back into the river.
Dr Mamunur Rashid, a veterinarian in Sonapatil, said a chital this large had made people curious and that finding such a big fish in the river was remarkable. One of the buyers, Shamim Hossain, said several of them had bought it together because it was so big.
Photo: Henry Sullivan Thomas / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Source: Agricare24
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