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Striped Catfish

Pangasianodon hypophthalmus

Also known as: Asian Catfish, Freshwater Catfish, Iridescent Shark, Iridescent Shark Catfish, Pangas Catfish, Pangasiid Catfish, Pangasiid Shark, Pangasius Cat, Pangasius Catfish, Pangasius Sutchi, River Catfish, Siamese Shark, Sutchi Catfish, Thai Catfish, Thailand Catfish, Vietnamese Striped Catfish

ENEndangeredIUCN Red List, 2011
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Adult
@nullkuhl · my own aquarium tank, Egypt · July 20131 / 13
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Overview

Found in large rivers and the Mekong River Basin. They lose their stripe with age.
Widespread Asia

A freshwater air-breathing fish often seen in the aquarium trade and an important food source.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Head & Mouth
barbels
Behaviour
breathes air

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found in large rivers and the Mekong River Basin.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderSiluriformes
    5. familyPangasiidae
    6. genusPangasianodon
    7. speciesPangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878)

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