Kolkata: Fishermen of Kolkata caught Shanker fish weighing reportedly around 780 Kg West Bengal’s Digha Coast Wednesday (Today). The Shanker fish resembles the ear of an elephant. It was eight feet length and five feet wide and the huge fish was sold for 50K to a fish trading firm in the state.

The Shanker fish was caught 8 km off the 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 from the Ray family of fishes given the location where it was caught. Shankar fish is a generic name for all Ray fishes in parts of East India.

Massive crowds gathered to see the huge fish after it was caught; videos have been shared widely on social media, the authenticity of which is yet to be verified. Even tourists gathered to see the fish when it was brought in the local markets. Shankar fish is eaten widely in Bengal.