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Pangasianodon gigas  Chevey, 1931
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164091

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Pangasius gigas (Chevey, 1931)
 
    Pangasius paucidens Fang and Chaux in Chaux and Fang, 1949
 
  Common Name(s): giant catfish [English]
 
    Mekong giant catfish [English]
 
    trey reach
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOstariophysi   
                            OrderSiluriformes  – silures, catfishes  
                               FamilyPangasiidae Bleeker, 1858 – giant catfishes, pangasid catfishes, shark catfishes  
                                  GenusPangasianodon Chevey, 1931  
                                     SpeciesPangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931 – giant catfish, Mekong giant catfish, trey reach  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005, website (version 05-Apr-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Pangasianodon gigas   
       
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 11-Jan-2023, website (version 11-Jan-23)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (eds) 2023. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 11 Jan 2023   
  Reference for: Pangasianodon gigas   
       
  Source: FAO AFSIS species list, 27-Oct-2022, database (version 27-Oct-22)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) list of species for fishery statistics purposes. Available at https://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en   
  Reference for: Pangasianodon gigas, Mekong giant catfish [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Pangasianodon gigas   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Chevey, P.  
  Publication Date: 1931   
  Article/Chapter Title: Sur un nouveau silure géant du Bassin du Mékong Pangasianodon gigas nov. g., nov. sp.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, vol. 55   
  Page(s): 536-542   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Pangasianodon gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ferraris, Carl J., Jr.  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and a catalogue of siluriform primary types   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, no. 1418   
  Page(s): 1-628   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
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  Reference for: Pangasianodon gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kottelat, Maurice  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, supplement no. 27   
  Page(s): 1-663   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0217-2445   
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  Reference for: Pangasianodon gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rainboth, Walter J.  
  Publication Date: 1996   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong   
  Page(s): 265   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-103743-4   
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  Reference for: Pangasianodon gigas, Mekong giant catfish [English], trey reach   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21   
  Page(s): 243   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-54-7, 0097-0638  
  Notes: 0-913124-54-7 (cloth)   
  Reference for: Pangasianodon gigas, giant catfish [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: Pangasianodon gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Taki, Y., R. Ohtsuka, M. Komoda, Y. Natori, K. Shibukawa, T. Oizumi, S. Ottomanski et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2021   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the Indochinese Mekong   
  Page(s): xii + 546   
  Publisher: Nagao Natural Environmental Foundation   
  Publication Place: Tokyo, Japan   
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  Reference for: Pangasianodon gigas, giant catfish [English], Mekong giant catfish [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
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