''Pangasius pangasius'', the Pangas catfish, is a species of
shark catfish
The shark catfishes form the family Pangasiidae. They are found in fresh and brackish waters across southern Asia, from Pakistan to Borneo. Among the 30-odd members of this family is the plant-eating, endangered Mekong giant catfish ''Pangasian ...
native to fresh and brackish waters of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan.
It has also been introduced to Cambodia and Vietnam. This species grows to a standard length of . This species South Asia, the other being ''Pangasius silasi, P. silasi'' from the Krishna River.
[Dwivedi, Arvind K.; Braj Kishor Gupta; Rajeev K. Singh; Vindhya Mohindra; Suresh Chandra; Suresh Easawarn; Joykrushna Jena; and Kuldeep K. Lal (2017). Cryptic Diversity in the Indian Clade of the Catfish Family Pangasiidae Resolved by the Description of A New Species. Hydrobiologia. ]
See also
* ''Pangasius bocourti'' or basa fish, important food fish with an international market
References
Pangasiidae
Catfish of Asia
Fish of Bangladesh
Fish of Myanmar
Freshwater fish of India
Fish of Pakistan
Fish described in 1822
Fish of Nepal
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