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Mekong giant catfish are one of the largest species of freshwater fish. In 2005, the Mekong giant catfish attained the Guinness World Record for the world's largest freshwater fish. [4] [5] Attaining a length of up to 3 m (9.8 ft), the Mekong giant catfish grows extremely quickly, reaching a mass of 150 to 200 kg (330 to 440 lb) in only six ...
The aquarium has been focusing its research efforts on the Mekong giant catfish, and based on 13 years of observation records, the aquarium has found that the Mekong giant catfish has the physiological ability to endure long periods of fasting, which can last up to one year, and that it maintains a periodic cycle that matches the local dry and ...
Two species in this genus are recognized: [1] Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931 (Mekong giant catfish); Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) (iridescent shark); Despite local protection and quite widespread awareness of the giant catfish and its critically endangered status, the species is gravely threatened by the build-out of hydroelectric dams on the Mekong River and its tributaries ...
The shark catfishes form the family Pangasiidae.They are found in fresh and brackish waters across southern Asia, from Pakistan to Borneo. [1] Among the 30-odd members of this family is the plant-eating, endangered Mekong giant catfish Pangasianodon gigas, one of the largest known freshwater fish. [1]
The giant catfish (Netuma thalassina), also known as the giant sea catfish, giant salmon catfish, giant marine-catfish, or the khagga, [2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Eduard Rüppell in 1837, originally under the genus Bagrus . [ 1 ]
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes / s ɪ ˈ lj ʊər ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to ...
The giant pangasius, paroon shark, pangasid-catfish [1] or Chao Phraya giant catfish (Pangasius sanitwongsei) is a species of freshwater fish in the shark catfish family (Pangasiidae) of order Siluriformes, found in the Chao Phraya and Mekong basins in Indochina.
Mekong giant catfish; Mugilogobius tigrinus; P. Pacific shortfinned eel; S. Rainbow shark; Z. Zig-zag eel This page was last edited on 8 January 2021, at 09:46 ...