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Pangasiidae
Elongate catfish
Pangasius elongatus
Twenty Eight Point Two Centimeters Catfish of the Mekong Basin
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Asia (unspecified)
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
MediumElongate catfish is known from Asia as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Pangasiidae
- Genus
- Pangasius
- Maximum length
- 28.2 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: lower reaches of the Chao Phraya, Bangpakong and Mekong basins of the Indochinese region.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
