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Pangasius bocourti Sauvage, 1880

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Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (1) Fishes of Mainland Southeast Asia (2)

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Description: Anal soft rays: 31 - 35. Body stout and heavy, head broader than long; blue-black dorsum; blunt snout with broad white band on muzzle; single large patch of vomerine teeth with separate patch of palatine teeth on each side. Rounded head and blunt rounded snout. Habitat: Known from large rivers and also found in rapids and in deeper slower reaches. Enters flooded forest and feeds on plants. Reproduction: Spawns at the onset of flood season and the young are first seen in June, averaging about 5 cm by mid-June. Remarks: This is mainly the fish sold in U.K. supermarkets (rarely also as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) as Vietnamese river cobbler, sold in place of the more expensive cod or haddock.

Common Name:

Basa fish

Synonyms:

Pangasius altifrons

Family:

Pangasiidae

Distribution:

Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins. Type locality: Phnom-Penh (Cambodia).

Size:

120.0cm. (4ft.0ins)

Temp:

22-28°C (71-83°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2010).
Kano Y, Adnan MSB, Grudpan C, Grudpan J, Magtoon W, Musikasinthorn P, Natori Y, Ottomanski S, Praxaysonbath B, Phongsa K, Rangsiruji A, Shibukawa K, Shimatani Y, So N, Suvarnaraksha A, Thach P, Thanh PN, Tran DD, Utsugi K, Yamashita T (2013) An online database on freshwater fish diversity and distribution in Mainland Southeast Asia. Ichthyological Research 60: 293-295".

Family: Pangasiidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Pangasius bocourti
Juvenile

Pangasius bocourti
(location uncertain) From Prey Veng Fish market, below the Mekong River, Cambodia-sub adult

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