The 608-pound bluefin tuna fetched the second-highest price ever paid at the annual new year auction at Tokyo’s main fish market.

This is the second-highest price ever recorded for the auction of bluefin tuna since the New Year event was first conducted in Japan in 1999.

A bluefin tuna equal to the size and weight of a standard motorcycle was sold to sushi restauranteurs in Tokyo for a whopping 207 million yen — roughly $1.3 million. The sale took place at the annual New Year auction at Toyosu Fish Market and marks the second-highest price ever paid in its history.

A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction.

It is the second highest price paid at the opening auction of the year in Tokyo's main fish market since comparable data started being collected in 1999.

A Michelin-starred sushi restaurant group has paid 207 million yen ($1.3 million) for a tuna in the annual New Year auction, marking the second-highest

Buyers believe securing the first catch at the opening auction of the year at Toyosu Fish Market helps to bring good fortune.

The Onodera Group, which includes Michelin-starred sushi restaurateurs, paid 207m yen for the 276-kilo bluefin tuna. This is the second-highest price ever paid at the annual New Year auction.

A company spent $1.3 million to acquire a massive tuna during an auction held at a Japanese fish market in Tokyo over the weekend. It weighed over 600 pounds.

A 608-pound bluefin tuna sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on Sunday, making it the second-most expensive tuna sold at Japan’s premiere wholesale fish markets since record-keeping began in 1999.