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Pangasius pangasius

Species of fish

Pangasius pangasius, the Pangas catfish, is a species of shark catfish native to fresh and brackish waters of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan.[1][2] It has also been introduced to Cambodia and Vietnam. This species grows to a standard length of 3 metres (9.8 ft). This species South Asia, the other being P. silasi from the Krishna River.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Pal, M. (2010). "Pangasius pangasius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T166404A6201771. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166404A6201771.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Pangasius pangasius" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  3. [3]
    Dwivedi, Arvind K.; Braj Kishor Gupta; Rajeev K. Singh; Vindhya Mohindra; Suresh Chandra; Suresh Easawarn; Joykrushna Jena; and Kuldeep K. Lal (2017). Cryptic Diversity in the Indian Clade of the Catfish Family Pangasiidae Resolved by the Description of A New Species. Hydrobiologia. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3198-z


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