Pangas Catfish

Eye small, its diameter more than 7 times in head length (in 18 cm long specimens); bright yellow caudal fin in adults; maxillary barbel extends to gill aperture; 23-28 gill rakers on first arch (Ref. 12693).

Contracaecum Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Gymnorhynchus Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Allocreadium Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Cucullanus Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 29 - 32

Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, insects, plant material, and worms (Ref. 8609).

Found in large rivers and estuaries (Ref. 4833). Occurs in high estuary (freshwater tidal zone) as juveniles, moving to brackish water as sub-adults, and finally as adults to river mouths and inshore areas (Ref. 12693). Longevity given as 10 years (Ref. 2686) but appears too low. Feeds on snails, other mollusks (Ref. 1479) and plants (Ref. 4833). Reared for consumption in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam; excellent food fish with very white fine grained sweet flesh (Ref 2686). Marketed fresh (Ref. 12693).

fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes

Pangasius pangasius, the Pangas catfish, is a species of shark catfish native to fresh and brackish waters of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan. 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.