Freshwater
Striped catfish
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus
Pangasiidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 130 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 46,053 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Swims
- Missing
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Water values
Smallest tank
46,053 liters650 × 325 × 218 cm · For one fish
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Try other measures in the appNativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Introduced to Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, and Singapore.
More about the species
About the species
Inhabits large rivers. Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields. Omnivorous, feeding on fish and crustaceans as well as on vegetable debris. A migratory species, moving upstream of the Mekong from unknown rearing areas to spawn in unknown areas in May-July and returning to the mainstream when the river waters fall seeking rearing habitats in September -December. South of the Khone Falls, upstream migration occurs from October to February, with peak in November-December. This migration is triggered by receding water and appears to be a dispersal migration following the lateral migration from flooded areas back into the Mekong at the end of the flood season. Downstream migration takes place from May to August from Stung Treng to Kandal in Cambodia and further into the Mekong Delta in Viet Nam. The presence of eggs during March to August from Stung Treng to Kandal indicates that the downstream migration is both a spawning and a trophic migration eventually bringing the fish into floodplain areas in Cambodia and Viet Nam during the flood season. Common in the lower Mekong, where the young are collected for rearing in floating fish cages. In the middle Mekong it is represented by large individuals that lose the dark coloration of the juveniles and subadults and become grey without stripe. One of the most important aquaculture species in Thailand. A photo of a 44 kg individual was said to have been featured in a Thai magazine (J.F. Helias, pers. comm., Fishing Adventures Thailand, e-mail: [email protected]). Such a maximum weight also seems reasonable based on length-weight relationship for this species. Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals; not recommended for home aquariums; minimum aquarium size >150 cm.
Source: FishBase
Other names
Other scientific names
- Helicophagus hypophthalmus
- Pangasius hypophthalmus
- Pangasius pangasius
- Pangasius pleurotaenia
- Pangasius sutchi
In other languages
- Haimalle
- Hajmal
- Sutchi-hajmalle
- Haimonni
- Iridescent shark, Iridescent shark-catfish, Stripe catfish, Sutchi catfish, Swai, Thailand catfish
Articles
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