Pangasius Giga

Pangasius Giga

Author:(Chevey 1931)
Fishbase Name:Giant catfish
Class:Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order:Siluriformes (catfish)
Family:Pangasiidae

Synonyms:
Helicophagus hypophthalmus ((non Sauvage 1878)):misidentification
Pangasianodon gigas (Chevey 1931):original combination
Pangasius gigas ((Chevey 1931)):new combination
Pangasius paucidens (Fang & Chaux 1949):junior synonym

Common Name:
Mekong giant catfish (English)
Giant catfish (English)
Patin Raksasa (Indonesia)
Pa beuk (Laotian)
Pla buk (Thai)
Cá Dâ`u, Cá Hat (Vietnamese)
Giant catfish (AFS/English)
Trey réach (Khmer)
Pla ma fai (Thai)
Pla nang (Thai)
Pla hua kum hang hum (Thai)

Comments: Distinguished from other large catfish in the Mekong by its lack of teeth and the almost complete absence of barbels; feeds only on vegetation in the river but takes other food in captivity; little known on its general pattern of life and migratory journeys for spawning (Ref. 2686). Cited in the Guinness Book of Records as largest freshwater fish (Ref. 6472).

Fishbase Occurences: 0