A giant bluefin tuna has sold for a record-breaking amount at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market in Japan. The enormous fish weighs a whopping 243kg - that's about as heavy as a fully grown lion - and sold for 510.3 million yen ($3.2m; £2.4m) at the market's first auction of the year.

That’s a REALLY big fish. This one weighed in at 535 pounds. It sold for a record $3.2 million Monday at an enormous annual New Year’s auction in Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market. That would make a

A big fish has fetched a massive price at auction. The Associated Press reported Monday that the massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market.

The pricey fish, caught off the coast of Oma in northern Japan, costs 2.1 million yen (US$13,360) per kilogram.

A record-breaking bluefin tuna sells for $3.2 million at Tokyo's Toyosu market, marking the highest price ever paid at the New Year auction.