Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Chevey, P. 1931. Sur un nouveau silure géant du Bassin du Mékong Pangasianodon gigas nov. g., nov. sp. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 55(7): 536-542.

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Actinopterygii: order
Siluriformes: family
Pangasiidae: genus
Pangasianodon: species
Pangasianodon gigas

Name

Synonyms: Pangasius gigas (Chevey, 1931); Pangasius paucidens Fang & Chaux, 1949
Homonyms: Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931
Common names: Buk in Thai; Cá Hat in Vietnamese; Cá Tra dầu in Vietnamese; Giant catfish in English; Giant catfish in English; Jättihaimonni in Finnish; Mekong giant catfish in English; Mekong giant catfish in language.; Mekong giant catfish in English; Mekong giant catfish in English; Mekong-malle in Danish; Mekongjättemal in Swedish; Mekongwels in German; Pa beuk in language.; Pa boeuk in language.; Pla buk in Thai; Pla hua kum hang hum in Thai; Pla ma fai in Thai; Pla nang in Thai; Silure de verre géant in French; Siluro gigante in Spanish; Trey Riech in Central Khmer; Trey réach in Central Khmer; giant catfish in language.; giant catfish in English; ปลาปึก in Thai

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