The jaw-dropping price one guy paid for Pacific Bluefin Tuna

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$37,500 For 1 Fish
$37,500 For 1 Fish


(Weather Channel) -- Fish can be an expensive meal, but we bet you've never paid as much as one businessman did.

The single Pacific Bluefin Tuna featured in the video above recently went up for auction at the world's biggest fish market.

Kyoshi Kimura, the president of a popular sushi chain in Japan, entered the winning bid of $37,500.

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It's a hefty chunk of change, but you'll be surprised to learn it's not even close to the most expensive fish sale ever. A 2013 bidding war for a similar tuna ended with a sale of $1.3 million.

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