Pangasius pangasius

Pangasius pangasius at market in Ban Pong, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Pangasiidae
Genus: Pangasius
Species: Pangasius pangasius

Name

• Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton, 1822)

Type locality: Bengal estuaries.

This species was previously thought to occur in Myanmar. The population from Myanmar has since been described as a distinct species (P. myanmar; Roberts & Vidthayanon 1991). Records of this species from Southeast Asia are misidentifications.

Synonyms

• Pangasius buchanani
• Pimelodus pangasius

Vernacular names

English: Yellowtail catfish, Pungas catfish
ไทย: ปลาสวาย, ปลาสวายหางเหลือง

References

• Pangasius pangasius in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• IUCN: Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton, 1822) (Least Concern)