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Iridescent shark
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus
- Freshwater
- Endangered
- Max length
- 130 cm
Classification
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Pangasiidae
- Genus
- Pangasianodon
Distribution
- Africa - Inland waters
- North America - Inland waters
- Asia - Inland waters
- Europe - Inland waters
About the iridescent shark
The iridescent shark or iridescent shark catfish is a species of shark catfish native to the rivers of Southeast Asia. Despite its name, it is not a shark. It is found in the Mekong basin as well as the Chao Phraya River, and is heavily cultivated for food there.
Description from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA.
Where the iridescent shark lives
Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).
Also known as
- Striped catfish
- Pangasius
- Sum rekini
- Hajmal
- Haimalle
- Progasti som
- Panqasius
- Pangas spodnooký
- Haimonni
- Ázsiai cápaharcsa
- Siaminė pangasija
- Panga
- Patin siam
- 가이양
- カイヤン
- القرش قزحى الالوان
- থাই পাঙ্গাশ
- کوسه رنگینکمانی
- שפמנון אסייתי
- ปลาสวาย
- 低眼無齒𩷶
Where to catch iridescent shark
- Achensee Austria Lake · Tyrol
- Attersee Austria Lake · Salzkammergut
- Danube River at Vienna Austria River · Vienna
- Inn River at Innsbruck Austria River · Tyrol
- Neusiedler See Austria Lake · Burgenland
- Traunsee Austria Lake · Upper Austria
