Pangasius Gigas - Mekong Giant Catfish

Pangasius Gigas, better: Mekong giant catfish or Pangasianodon gigas is the largest species of the Shark catfish family (Pangasiidae) and one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. Pangasius gigas (not to be confused with Pangasius Sanitwongsei) is exclusively found in the Mekong River and due to overfishing and loss of habitat seriously endangered. [...]

Giant Pangasius – Pangasius Sanitwongsei

Pangasius sanitwongsei or the Giant pangasius, not to be confused with Pangasius Gigas, is a species of the Shark catfish family (Pangasiidae). The sanitwongsei species is to be found in the river systems of the Mekong and the Chao Phraya River in Cambodia, in Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. The Giant pangasius has the typical build [...]

Pangasius Larnaudii

Pangasius Larnaudii is another species within the family of Shark catfish – Pangasiidae. It populates mainly rivers in the Mekong and Chao Phraya in Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia but also Myanmar. Just as many other Pangasius species, Pangasius larnaudii is commercially exploited. Pangasius larnaudii differs from other species by a large black spot just [...]