Pangasius sanitwongsei: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Pangasiidae
- Genus
- Pangasius
- Species
- Pangasius sanitwongsei
- Scientific Name
- Pangasius sanitwongsei
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Giant pangasius
The giant pangasius, paroon shark, or Chao Phraya giant catfish (Pangasius sanitwongsei) is a species of large freshwater fish in the shark catfish family (Pangasiidae) of order Siluriformes, found in the Chao Phraya and Mekong basins in Indochina. Its populations have declined drastically, mainly due to overfishing, and it is now considered Critically Endangered.
...Pangasius sanitwongsei in languages:
- Chinese
- 長絲𩷶(成吉思汗魚)
- Czech
- pangas vláknoploutvý
- English
- Giant Pangasius
- English
- Paroon shark
- English
- Chao Phraya giant catfish
- Thai
- ปลาเทพา
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Pangasius bocourti
- Pangasius conchophilus
- Pangasius djambal
- Pangasius elongatus
- Pangasius humeralis
- Pangasius icaria
- Pangasius kinabatanganensis
- Pangasius krempfi
- Pangasius kunyit
- Pangasius larnaudii
- Pangasius lithostoma
- Pangasius macronema
- Pangasius mahakamensis
- Pangasius mekongensis
- Pangasius myanmar
- Pangasius nasutus
- Pangasius nieuwenhuisii
- Pangasius pangasius
- Pangasius polyuranodon
- Pangasius rheophilus
- Pangasius sabahensis
- Pangasius sanitwongsei
- Pangasius silasi

































