Pangasius pangasius ';
General information
Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton, 1822)
 
 
Common namePangas catfish
Synonyms
Pimelodus pangasius Hamilton, 1822
Pangasius pangasius pangasius (Hamilton, 1822)
Pangasius buchanani Valenciennes, 1840
Pangasius pangasius godavarii David, 1962
Pangasius pangasius upiensis Srivastava, 1968
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Least Concern (LC)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Pangasiidae.
Geographical distribution
India; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Pakistan; Thailand; Vietnam; Myanmar; Laos; Cambodia; Nepal
Occurrence Native: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal
Questionable: Indonesia, Laos
Misidentification: Malaysia, Thailand
Introduced: Vietnam, Cambodia
Importance
Food/sports
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Source of chromosomes
Gill and Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
4
Diploid chromosome number
58
Karyotype formula
14m+20sm+22T
Fundamental arm number
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Nil
Reference(s)
Barat A (1985). A Study of Chromosomes in Some Indian Teleost (Pisces). Ph.D. Thesis, Kalyani University, West Bengal, India.
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image