Family Pangasiidae - Shark catfishes
Order : Siluriformes Pangasiidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 4 | Species : 29 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
Division : Primary freshwater
Aquarium : some
First Fossil Record :   Tertiary     Ref. Berg, L.S. 1958
Remark : Distribution: southern Asia (Pakistan to Borneo). Barbels usually two pairs: 1 pair of chin barbels. No nasal barbels. Compressed body. With small adipose fin, separate from caudal fin. Dorsal fin close to head region; 1 or 2 spines, 5-7 soft rays. Anal fin 26-46 rays. Vertebrae 39-52. Maximum length about 3 m . Maximum weight 300 kg (Pangasius gigas). Only one species occurs in true marine waters Pangasius krempfi Fang & Chaux, 1949.
Etymology : The Vietnamese name of a fish
Reproductive guild : nonguarders
Typical activity level : active
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Otomorpha | Ostariophysi | | Otophysa | | | | | | Siluriphysae | Siluriformes | Siluroidei | | Pangasiidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Pangasiidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton, 1822)
acceptedseniornew
Pimelodus pangasius Hamilton, 1822
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Pachypterus luridus Swainson, 1839
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius buchanani Valenciennes, 1840
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius djambal (non Bleeker, 1846)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pangasius djambal Bleeker, 1846
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius bedado Roberts, 1999
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius pangasius (non Hamilton, 1822)
misappliedmisappliednew
Pangasius macronema Bleeker, 1850
acceptedseniororiginal
! Pangasius macronemus Bleeker, 1850
synonymseniororiginal
Pangasius siamensis Steindachner, 1878
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Pangasius juaro Bleeker, 1852
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius nasutus (Bleeker, 1863)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Pangasius ponderosus Herre & Myers, 1937
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius macronema (non Bleeker, 1850)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pangasius larnaudii Bocourt, 1866
acceptedseniororiginal
! Pangasius larnaudei Bocourt, 1866
synonymseniororiginal
! Pangasius larnaudi Bocourt, 1866
synonymseniororiginal
! Pangasius larnaudiei Bocourt, 1866
synonymseniororiginal
! Pangasius larnaudieri Bocourt, 1866
synonymseniororiginal
Pangasius taeniura Fowler, 1935
synonymjuniororiginal
! Pangasius taeniurus Fowler, 1935
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius burgini Fowler, 1937
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius bocourti Sauvage, 1880
acceptedseniororiginal
! Pangasius bacourti Sauvage, 1880
synonymseniororiginal
Pangasius altifrons Durand, 1940
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius beani Smith, 1931
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius krempfi Fang & Chaux, 1949
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius pangasius (non Hamilton, 1822)
misappliedmisappliednew
Pangasius micronema (non Bleeker, 1846)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pangasius humeralis Roberts, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius lithostoma Roberts, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius conchophilus Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius nasutus (non Bleeker, 1863)
misappliedmisappliednew
Pangasius kinabatanganensis Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius nieuwenhuisi (non Popta, 1905)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Pangasius myanmar Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius kunyit Pouyaud, Teugels & Legendre, 1999
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius rheophilus Pouyaud & Teugels, 2000
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius elongatus Pouyaud, Gustiano & Teugels, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius polyuranodon (non Bleeker, 1852)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pangasius mahakamensis Pouyaud, Gustiano & Teugels, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius mekongensis Gustiano, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius sabahensis Gustiano, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius silasi Dwivedi, Gupta, Singh, Mohindra, Chandra, Easawarn, Jena & Lal, 2017
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931
acceptedseniororiginal
Pangasius gigas (Chevey, 1931)
synonymseniornew
Pangasius paucidens Fang & Chaux, 1949
synonymjuniororiginal
Helicophagus hypophthalmus (non Sauvage, 1878)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Pangasius hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878)
synonymseniornew
Pangasius sutchi Fowler, 1937
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius pangasius (non Hamilton, 1822)
misappliedmisappliednew
Pangasius pleurotaenia (non Sauvage, 1878)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Helicophagus typus Bleeker, 1857
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Helicophagus waandersi Bleeker, 1858
synonymseniororiginal
Helicophagus leptorhynchus Ng & Kottelat, 2000
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudolais micronemus (Bleeker, 1846)
acceptedseniornew
Pangasius micronemus Bleeker, 1846
synonymseniororiginal
! Pangasius micronema Bleeker, 1846
synonymseniororiginal
Pangasius rios Bleeker, 1851
synonymjuniororiginal
Pseudolais tetranema Vaillant, 1902
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius dezwaani Weber & de Beaufort, 1912
synonymjuniororiginal
Pangasius tubbi Inger & Chin, 1959
synonymjuniororiginal
Pseudolais pleurotaenia (Sauvage, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Pangasius pleurotaenius Sauvage, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Pangasius fowleri Smith, 1931
synonymjuniororiginal
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