🐟Mekong giant catfish
The Mekong giant catfish is a large species of catfish in the shark catfish family (Pangasiidae), native to the Mekong basin in Southeast Asia and adjacent China. It is considered critically endangered due to overfishing and habitat loss.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2011.
- Body mass
- 350 kg
- Body length
- 3 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 10 years
Everything we know about the Mekong giant catfish
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass350 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length3 mmaximum recordedFishBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female2.35 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan10 yearsmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic level2.3FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietomnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 2.3 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l350 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 Mekong giant catfish yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderSiluriformes
- ›familyPangasiidae
- ›genusPangasianodon
- ›speciesPangasianodon gigas
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- orderSiluriformes
- suborderSiluroidei
- familyPangasiidae
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- superorderCharaciphysae
- orderSiluriformes
- suborderSiluroidei
- familyPangasiidae
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