Pangasius bocourti

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

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes 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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