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Iridescent Shark Catfish🐟

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SpeciesSiluriformesPangasiidae
Fish

🐟Iridescent shark

Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878)

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.

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Also called
Striped Catfish
Conservation status
ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2011.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
44 kg
Body length
1.3 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Iridescent shark

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
44 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
1.3 mmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
3.12
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.12 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Volume l
44 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Iridescent shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyPangasiidae
  5. ›genusPangasianodon
  6. ›speciesPangasianodon hypophthalmus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderSiluriformes
  3. suborderSiluroidei
  4. familyPangasiidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. superorderCharaciphysae
  10. orderSiluriformes
  11. suborderSiluroidei
  12. familyPangasiidae
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In other languages
Sum rekini (pl), Pangasius sutchi (fr), Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (es), Pangasius hypophthalmus (it), Panga (gl), Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (de) … and 21 more languages
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