A villager poses atop a massive sturgeon he caught in the Heilongjiang River in Wuyun town, Jiayin county, Heilongjiang province, on Sept 5, 2010. The 250-kg fish is expected to sell for at least 150,000 yuan ($22,094). [Photo/CFP]

 

 

 

Brothers Yong from Shengli Village, which is located in Wuyun Town, Jiayin County, Yichun City of Heilongjiang Province, caught a large sturgeon fish when fishing in Heilongjiang River.

The fish is over 500 kilograms in weight and about 3 meters in height.

Its scientific name is Huso dauricus. As a kind of sturgeon, it is originated 130 million years ago and is one of the Palaeobiota preserved during the Cretaceous Period.