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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 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 reach in Central Khmer
Trey réach in Central Khmer
giant catfish in English
ปลาปึก in Thai
Mekong Giant Catfish in English
Giant Catfish in English
Pla Buk in Thai
Silure de verre géant in French
Siluro Gigante in Spanish
Trey Reaj in Central Khmer

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019).
  3. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  4. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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