Mekong river catfishes(pictures)

Mika · Post by **Mika** » 25 Mar 2005, 11:15

Pangasius hypopthalamus

Hope this helps next time you are thinking of this catfish for homeaquarium
The Giant pangasius

For home aquarium?

Taratron · Post by **Taratron** » 26 Mar 2005, 03:43

A picture is worth a thousand words.

In this case, a thousand words can be summed up with: Holy hell that is a huge freaking fish! o_O

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 26 Mar 2005, 16:09

How old would you estimate those fish were?

Post by **Silurus** » 26 Mar 2005, 16:13

Not particularly old. Pangasiids (especially P. gigas) are among the fastest growing fish in the world.

Mike_Noren · Post by **Mike_Noren** » 26 Mar 2005, 23:49

Fishbase gives a maximum weight of 15 kilo for P. hypopthalamus. These fish, especially the one in the third picture, must weigh much more than that? Is Fishbase mistaken or are these not P. hypopthalamus?

Post by **Silurus** » 26 Mar 2005, 23:55

The fish in the third picture is Pangasianodon gigas.