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The iridescent shark or iridescent shark catfish [5] (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) is a species of shark catfish (family Pangasiidae) native to the rivers of Southeast Asia. Despite its name, it is not a shark. It is found in the Mekong basin as well as the Chao Phraya River, and is heavily cultivated for food there.
The team’s shark, measuring 7.2 feet (2.2 meters) long, largely remained underwater for five months, cruising along at depths of 328 to 656 feet (100 to 200 meters) at night and 1,969 to 2,625 ...
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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 ...
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Nicknamed 'Deep Blue,' this great white is almost as long as the 22-foot-long boat the researchers were aboard near Guadalupe, Mexico, nearly 165 miles away from mainland. She is one of the ...
Iridescent shark; From scientific name of a fish: This is a redirect from a scientific name of a fish (or group of fish) to a vernacular ("common") ...
Scientists from three states had been tracking the pregnant porbeagle shark for five months and hundreds of miles as it traveled from New England to Bermuda — until something ate it.