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Pangasiidae (Shark catfishes)
Etymology: Pangasius: The Vietnamese name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819–1904) was a French zoologist and artist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Sauvage.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico; potamodromo (Ref. 138296). Tropical
Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 30857)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi anali molli: 31 - 35. Body stout and heavy, head broader than long; blue-black dorsum; blunt snout with broad white band on muzzle; single large patch of vomerine teeth with separate patch of palatine teeth on each side (Ref. 12693). Rounded head and blunt rounded snout (Ref. 43281).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Known from large rivers (Ref. 12693). Found in rapids and also in deeper slower reaches (Ref. 37771). Adults enter flooded forest (Ref. 9497). They feed on plants (Ref. 9497). Spawns at the onset of flood season and the young are first seen in June, averaging about 5 cm by mid-June. Marketed fresh (Ref. 12693).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Roberts, T.R. and C. Vidthayanon, 1991. Systematic revision of the Asian catfish family Pangasiidae, with biological observations and descriptions of three new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 143:97-144. (Ref. 7432)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00490 - 0.02040), b=3.00 (2.81 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.2 ±0.47 se; based on food items.
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (88 of 100).
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Nutrienti (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 12.7 [7.0, 42.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.501 [0.193, 1.402] mg/100g; Protein = 15.9 [14.4, 17.4] %; Omega3 = 0.397 [0.149, 1.043] g/100g; Selenium = 115 [48, 249] μg/100g; VitaminA = 29.5 [7.2, 113.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.3 [0.8, 4.0] mg/100g (wet weight);
