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Pangasius sanitwongsei Smith, 1931

Giant pangasius
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Cambodia country information

Common names: Trey po pruy
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Cambodian National Mekong Committee, 1998
Importance: commercial | Ref: Hill, M.T. and S.A. Hill, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693). Rare in Great Lake and Tonle Sap river (Ref. 36686). At Kompong Cham to the Khone Falls, this species migrates upstream between October and February when water level recedes and then downstream from June to August when water level rises (Ref. 37770). Also Ref. 3902, 36654, 37772.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cb.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rainboth, W.J., 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 25°N - 9°N

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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