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Pangasius icaria
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Pangasiidae (Shark catfishes)
Etymology: Pangasius: The Vietnamese name of a fish (Ref. 45335); icaria: Name 'icaria' in honor of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), parent organization for NBFGR, which has conducted this research.
Etymology: Pangasius: The Vietnamese name of a fish (Ref. 45335); icaria: Name 'icaria' in honor of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), parent organization for NBFGR, which has conducted this research.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
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Asia: India.
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Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
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).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Ayyathurai, K.P.V., P. Kodeeswaran, V. Mohindra, R.K. Singh, C. Ravi, R. Kumar, B.S. Valaparambil, A.K.T. Thangappan, J. Jena and K.K. Lal, 2022. Descriptino of a new Pangasius (Valenciennes, 1840) species, from the Cauvery River extends distribution range of the genus up to South Western Ghats in peninsular India. PeerJ 10:1-19. (Ref. 138848)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00457 (0.00216 - 0.00967), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
2.8 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100). 🛈 |