Have you ever seen a fish like this one? It's 20-feet long, weighs 700 kgs

Mumbai: A fishermen caught a gigantic sawfish while fishing near Vijaydurg in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra on Monday morning.

The rare sawfish weighs approximately 700 kgs and is 20-feet long.

The news was confirmed by Sindhudurg District Collector Uday Chowdhary.

Meanwhile, the picture of the sawfish found in Konkan region is also doing rounds on the social media.

Fisherman Muneer Mujawar found the fish in his net when he was returning to the shore.

"The fish is around 20 feet long and weighs around 700 kg. It is known as sawfish, because of its nose extension lined with sharp transverse teeth," Mujawar said.

He said that it was rare to find such fish in the net.

"When I found the sawfish, it was already injured. It must have tried to escape from the net," he said.

Mujawar, however, said that in the past, similar incidents have occurred in Sindhudurg, wherein some rare fish landed in the fishing net.

Sindhudurg is the southernmost coastal district of the state.

Vijaydurg is famous for dolphin sightings.

(With PTI inputs)