Species details : Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton, 1822)

Accepted scientific name:
Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton, 1822) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Pangasius pangasius  (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms:
Pangasius buchanani Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pangasius buchanani Valenciennes, 1840
Pangasius djambal (non Bleeker, 1846) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Pangasius djambal (non Bleeker, 1846)
Pangasius pangasius godavarii David, 1962 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pangasius pangasius godavarii David, 1962
Pangasius pangasius pangasius (Hamilton, 1822) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pangasius pangasius pangasius (Hamilton, 1822)
Pangasius pangasius upiensis Srivastava, 1968 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pangasius pangasius upiensis Srivastava, 1968
Pimelodus pangasius Hamilton, 1822 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pimelodus pangasius Hamilton, 1822
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Pongas - Assamese India(Brahamaputra, Barak, Manu, Khowai) Click here to show the literature
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Ponnga - Assamese India(Brahamaputra, Manas, Sankosh, Khusiara) Click here to show the literature
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Pangas - Bengali Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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Pongas - Bengali India(Brahamaputra, Barak, Manu, Khowai) Click here to show the literature
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Pungas - Bengali India(West Bengal) Click here to show the literature
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Gulhalet hajmalle - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Pangas - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Pangas catfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Pangash - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Ponga - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Punagas - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Pungas - English India Click here to show the literature
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River catfish - English Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Yellowtail catfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Intianhaimonni - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Schwarzflossen-Haiwels - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Pangas - Hindi India(Maharashtra) Click here to show the literature
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Pariasi - Hindi India(India) Click here to show the literature
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परियासी - Hindi India
Jambal - Javanese Indonesia(Java) Click here to show the literature
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Trey pra - Khmer Cambodia Click here to show the literature
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Pa souei - Laotian Laos Click here to show the literature
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Djambal - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Djuara - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Jambal - Malay (individual language) Indonesia(West Java) Click here to show the literature
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Juara - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Lawang - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Patin - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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鯰 Mang nian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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鲶 Mang nian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Пангасиус обыкновенный - Russian - Click here to show the literature
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Coola kelettee - Tamil India(Tamilnadu) Click here to show the literature
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Eye keletee - Tamil India(Tamil Nadu) Click here to show the literature
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Kovailoolakeluthai - Tamil India(Tamilnadu) Click here to show the literature
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ஐ கெழுத்தி - Tamil India
கோலா கெழுத்தி - Tamil India
கோவைலாகெளுத்தீ - Tamil India
கோவைலோள கெழுத்தி - Tamil India
சூளகெளுத்தீ  - Tamil India
Choluvajella - Telugu India(Andhra Pradesh) Click here to show the literature
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చోలువజెల్లా  - Telugu India
Pla ai duang - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla ai dung - Thai Thailand
Pla sa wai - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla sa wai kluay - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla sang ka ward - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla sang ka ward khao - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla sang ka ward kluay - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla sang ka wart - Thai Thailand
Pla sang ka wart khaow - Thai Thailand
Pla sang ka wart kluay - Thai Thailand
ปลาสวาย Pla sa wai Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาสวายกล้วย Pla sa wai kluay Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาสังกะวาด Pla sang ka ward Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาสังกะวาดกล้วย Pla sang ka ward kluay Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาสังกะวาดขาว Pla sang ka ward khao Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาอ้ายด้วง Pla ai duang Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Cá Ba sa - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Cá xanh ky - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Siluriformes FishBase
Family Pangasiidae FishBase
Genus Pangasius FishBase
Distribution: Asia: large rivers of Indian subcontinent and Myanmar (Ganges, Krishna?, Godavari, Irrawaddy). Widely introduced in its geographical range for aquaculture. Reports from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are based on misidentifications.
Lifezones: Brackish,freshwater
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=292
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd9e9909-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401