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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Pangasiidae (Shark catfishes)
Etymology: Pangasius: The Vietnamese name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

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Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical

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Asia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - 20 cm
Max length : 80.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 46915)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 33 - 43. Body somewhat elongated with short predorsal length (25.2-29.2% SL); a long caudal peduncle (17.2-21.8% SL); short head length (16.1-20.1% SL); and, short mandibular barbels (length 11.7-42.2% HL). Swim bladder 3-chambered, extending to above anal-fin base (Ref. 46915). Dorsum dark blue to blue-black; 3-4 lowermost principal caudal rays white; vomerine teeth appearing as 2 joined patches in juveniles (Ref. 12693); vomerine teeth united into quadrangular patch, 1.5 times broader than long, not confluent with palatine teeth patch; anal fin base elongate, its length 3.1-3.6 times in SL; dorsal and pectoral fin spines slender; snout blunt (Ref. 43281).

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in lakes and rivers (Ref. 56749). Occurs in estuaries and lower reaches but has also been observed in the upper reaches during the rainy season. Species is omnivorous with a tendency to opportunism (Ref. 46915).

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Pouyaud, L., R. Gustiano and G.G. Teugels, 2002. Systematic revision of Pangasius polyuranodon (Siluriformes, Pangasiidae) with description of two new species. Cybium 26(4):243-252. (Ref. 46915)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 June 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00217 - 0.00962), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.8 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (59 of 100).

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