Giant pangasius (Pangasius sanitwongsei)

Scientific name: Pangasius sanitwongsei Smith, 1931

Giant pangasius (Pangasius sanitwongsei)

The Giant pangasius (Pangasius sanitwongsei) is a freshwater fish of the family Pangasiidae. Native range: Asia, Chao Phraya and Mekong basins.

Biology

Fins are pigmented with dusky melanophores. First soft ray in dorsal, pectoral and pelvic fins prolonged into a filament. Broad head; black tips on first few anal-fin rays in individuals of all sizes, particularly in juveniles; palatine and vomerine teeth united into a single long crescentic patch. Mouth wide, its width 5.5-5.9 times in SL.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pangasius sanitwongsei
Family
Pangasiidae (Shark catfishes)
Order
Siluriformes (Catfish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
300
Common length
50.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic; potamodromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Asia: Chao Phraya and Mekong basins.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Critically Endangered (CR) (A2acd)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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