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Pangasiidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Pangasiidae

Name

Homonyms
Pangasiidae
Common names
Cá tra in Vietnamese
Haimaller in Norwegian
Haiwelse in German
Hajmalar in Swedish
Hajmaller in Danish
Pangàsid in Catalan–Valencian
Patin in Indonesian
Peces gato gigantes in Spanish
Reuzenmeervallen in Dutch
Rykliniai šamai in Lithuanian
Shark catfish in English
giant catfishes in English
giant catfishes in English
haimallefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
haimonnit in Finnish
pangasid catfishes in English
pangasid catfishes in English
pangasovití in Czech
shark catfishes in English
shark catfishes in English
Óriásharcsafélék in Hungarian
Пангасиевые in Russian
ปลาสวาย in Thai
ปลาสวาย ปลาสังกะวาด ฯลฯ in Thai
パンガシウス科 in Japanese
巨鯰科 in Chinese
팡가시우스과 in Korean
haimallefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
shark catfishes in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr., 2007: Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and a catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa, no. 1418. 1-628.
  4. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr., and Mário C. C. de Pinna, 1999: Higher-level Names for Catfishes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, vol. 51, no. 1. 1-17.
  5. FishBase
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Kottelat, Maurice, 2013: The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, supplement no. 27. 1-663.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  9. Nelson, Joseph S., Terry C. Grande, and Mark V. H. Wilson, 2016: null. Fishes of the World, 5th Edition. xli + 707.
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  12. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. van der Laan, Richard, William N. Eschmeyer, and Ronald Fricke, 2014: Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa, vol. 3882, no. 1. 1-230.
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