Pangasius myanmar

Short description: Species of fish

Pangasius myanmar

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Siluriformes
Family:  | Pangasiidae
Genus:  | Pangasius
Species:  |

P. myanmar

Binomial name
Pangasius myanmar

Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991

Pangasius myanmar is a species of shark catfish.[1][2][3] It is a freshwater, benthopelagic, tropical fish, measuring up to 120 centimetres (3.9 ft) long. It is found from Irrawaddy to Salween and in Rangoon.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chaudhry, S. (2010). "Pangasius myanmar". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2010: e.T168477A6499500. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168477A6499500.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/168477/0. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Pangasius myanmar" in FishBase. September 2015 version.
3. ↑ Roberts, Tyson R., and Chavalit Vidthayanon. "Systematic revision of the Asian catfish family Pangasiidae, with biological observations and descriptions of three new species." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1991): 97-143.

## Further reading

* Jondeung, Amnuay, Pradit Sangthong, and Rafael Zardoya. "The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas), and the phylogenetic relationships among Siluriformes." Gene 387.1 (2007): 49–57.
* Pouyaud, Laurent, Rudhy Gustiano, and Guy G. Teugels. "Systematic revision of Pangasius polyuranodon (Siluriformes, Pangasiidae) with description of two new species." Cybium 26.4 (2002): 243–252.
* Hossain, M. Y., M. M. Rahman, and M. F. A. Mollah. "Threatened fishes of the world: Pangasius pangasius Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822 (Pangasiidae)."Environmental biology of fishes 84.3 (2009): 315–316.

## External links

Wikidata ☰ Q290100 entry

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