Pangasius bocourti

Basa fish (Pangasius bocourti) in Vinh Long Market. Vietnam.

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 bocourti

Name

Pangasius bocourti Sauvage, 1880

Etymology: bocourti: named in appreciation after French zoologist and illustrator Marie Firmin Bocourt.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Basa
English: Basa fish
português: Peixe-basa
ไทย: ปลาเผาะ, ปลายาง
Tiếng Việt: Cá ba sa

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