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Artistic impression of typical member of the Pangasiidae
 
Down Family Overview
Pronounced PANG Assie Iday
Family Common Name Shark Catfishes
Features Only two pairs of barbels, large eyes and always a mid-water inhabitant.
Distribution Asia
Common Names Iridescent Shark, Paroon Shark
Size Smallest 182mm, largest 3000mm, average 1147mm, most commonly 3000mm. All SL.
Species There are 21 "species" in 4 genera in the database
Keepers 6 species (28%) are being kept by registered keepers
Down Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1. Pangasianodon 2 species (81 keepers)
2. Pangasius 14 species (36 keepers)
3. Helicophagus 3 species (0 keepers)
4. Pseudolais 2 species (0 keepers)
Down Distribution of Pangasiidae


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Down Most Kept Species
1. Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (66.67%)
2. Pangasius sanitwongsei (18.8%)
3. Pangasius pangasius (5.98%)
4. Pangasius larnaudii (5.13%)
5. Pangasianodon gigas (2.56%)
6. Pangasius conchophilus (0.85%)
Down Alphabetic Species List
(Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1. Helicophagus leptorhynchus (i:2, k:0, b:0)
2. Helicophagus typus (i:1, k:0, b:0)
3. Helicophagus waandersii (i:0, k:0, b:0)
4. Pangasianodon gigas (i:19, k:3, b:0)
5. Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (i:16, k:78, b:0)
6. Pangasius bocourti (i:6, k:0, b:0)
7. Pangasius conchophilus (i:6, k:1, b:0)
8. Pangasius djambal (i:0, k:0, b:0)
9. Pangasius elongatus (i:2, k:0, b:0)
10. Pangasius icaria (i:2, k:0, b:0)
11. Pangasius krempfi (i:1, k:0, b:0)
12. Pangasius larnaudii (i:7, k:6, b:0)
13. Pangasius macronema (i:6, k:0, b:0)
14. Pangasius mahakamensis (i:0, k:0, b:0)
15. Pangasius mekongensis (i:2, k:0, b:0)
16. Pangasius nasutus (i:4, k:0, b:0)
17. Pangasius pangasius (i:4, k:7, b:0)
18. Pangasius sanitwongsei (i:16, k:22, b:0)
19. Pangasius silasi (i:2, k:0, b:0)
20. Pseudolais micronemus (i:1, k:0, b:0)
21. Pseudolais pleurotaenia (i:3, k:0, b:0)