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Pangasianodon
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Pangasianodon

Pangasianodon is a genus of large to very large shark catfishes native to the Mekong and Chao Phraya Rivers in Southeast Asia and adjacent China.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Iridescent Shark

speciesPangasianodon hypophthalmus

Mekong Giant Catfish

speciesPangasianodon gigas

Mekong Giant × Iridescent Shark

hybridPangasianodon gigas × hypophthalmus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90642.