Mekong giant catfish
Pangasianodon gigas
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- Scientific name
- Pangasianodon gigas
- Family
- Pangasiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Pangasiidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Helicophagus hypophthalmus, Pangasius gigas, Pangasius paucidens
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–28 °C
- pH
- 6.5–7.5
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 300 cm
- Lifespan
- 35 years
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Critically endangered (CR)
- CITES appendix
- Appendix I
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