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Pangasius krempfi Fang & Chaux, 1949

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Nguyen, H.P. and N.T. Nguyen, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from rivers along the Viet Nam coast (Ref. 12693). Recorded from the River Hue, Annam (Ref. 7432). Found in Southern Vietnam (Ref. 9706). Occurs sympatrically with P. kunyit in the Mekong delta (Ref. 33567). Undertakes upstream migration in November-February and downstream migration from April to July at Cao Lanh in Dong Thap Province of the Mekong basin, both movements involving mainly big fishes of 70 to 90 cm (Ref. 37770). Also distributed in brackish water (Ref. 49196). Also Ref. 12369, 49196.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nguyen, H.P. and N.T. Nguyen, 1994
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).

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical

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