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Pangasius icaria Ayyathurai, Kodeeswaran, Mohindra, Singh, Ravi, Kumar, Valaparambil et al., 2022 |
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photo by
Ayyathurai, K.P.V. et al., 2022 |
| Family: | Pangasiidae (Shark catfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 42 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: India. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: a set of widely placed, small and rounded vomerine and palatine tooth plates; moderately rounded snout on dorsally viewed; maxillary barbel reaching beyond the base of the pectoral spine; eye diameter 2.4-4.4% SL; smaller interorbital distance 10.1-12.4% SL; caudal peduncle depth 6.5-8.2% SL; filamentous first dorsal- and pectoral-fin ray; gill rakers 16-19; 50 vertebrae; and a reddish dorsal-, anal- and pectoral-fin base (Ref. 138848). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||