Shanghai Daily news

A businessman from the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province has donated a massive manta to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.
The fish, which is 4.3 meters in width and 2 meters long, will be the biggest manta specimen in the city, when it goes on display. It weighs about 1 ton.
The manta, or devilfish, was caught at 2pm, last Tuesday by fishermen from Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, according to Zhang Kuiding, the man who donated the fish.
"They were about to cook the fish when I saw it," he said, " I think it's a pity to just cook the fish, so I bought it and donated it to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum."
Zhang nianshi, director of the museum's collection department said deep-sea fish like mantas are rarely caught at this time of the year. He suggested waves caused by Typhoon Talim might have swept the manta into a fishing net.
Mantas are generally about 40 centimeters wide at birth, so experts believe the specimen is 5 to 6 years old.
The museum expects it will cost tens of thousands of yuan to preserve the fish and make it ready for display.
"However, the fish will be significant to the research of fish taxonomy and ecology," said museum official Zhang.
He estimates it will go on display by the end of this year. Currently, the largest manta on display in the city is 3.9 meters wide.