Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pangasiidae Shark catfishes

Genus: Pangasianodon

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Photo by Jean-Francois Helias / Fishing Adventures Thailand

Asia
Max. Length 300 cm TL
Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931

Photo by Photo by Jean-Francois Helias / Fishing Adventures Thailand
 
Pangasianodon gigas
[Mekong giant catfish]

Photo by Ramani Shirantha

Asia
Max. Length 130 cm SL
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878)

Photo by Photo by Ramani Shirantha
 
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus
[Striped catfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pangasianodon gigas Mekong giant catfish Asia 300 TL 1931
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus Striped catfish Asia 130 SL 1878



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