Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Chevey, P. (1931). Sur un nouveau silure géant du Bassin du Mékong Pangasianodon gigas nov. g., nov. sp. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 55 (no. 7) (1930): 536-542, Pl. 1.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Siluriformes: family
Pangasiidae: genus
Pangasianodon: species
Pangasianodon gigas

Name

Synonyms: Pangasius gigas (Chevey, 1931); Pangasius paucidens Fang & Chaux, 1949
Homonyms: Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931
Common names: Buk in Thai; Cá Hat in Vietnamese; Cá Tra dầu in Vietnamese; Jättihaimonni in Finnish; Mekong giant catfish in English; Mekong giant catfish in English; Mekong-malle in Danish; Mekongjättemal in Swedish; Mekongwels in German; Peixe-gato-gigante-do-Mekong in Portuguese; Pez Gato Gigante in Spanish; Pez gato del Mekong in Spanish; Pla Buk in language.; Pla hua kum hang hum in Thai; Pla ma fai in Thai; Pla nang in Thai; Silure de verre géant in French; Siluro Gigante in Spanish; Trey Reaj in Central Khmer; Trey Riech in Central Khmer; Trey réach in Central Khmer; giant catfish in English; giant catfish in English; orjaški som in Slovenian; pangas velký in Czech; pangaz in Polish; poisson-chat géant du Mékong in French; trey reach in Central Khmer; trey reach in Central Khmer; Гигантский шильбовый сом in Russian; ปลาบึก in Thai; ปลาปึก in Thai; メコンオオナマズ in Japanese; 巨无齿 in language.; 巨無齒 in language.; 巨鯰 in language.; 巨鲶 in language.; Mekong Giant Catfish in English; Giant Catfish in English; Pla Buk in Thai; Silure de verre géant in French; Siluro Gigante in Spanish; Trey Reaj in Central Khmer

Bibliographic References

Chevey, P. (1931). Sur un nouveau silure géant du Bassin du Mékong Pangasianodon gigas nov. g., nov. sp. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 55 (no. 7) (1930): 536-542, Pl. 1.
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