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SpeciesSiluriformesPangasiidae
Fish

🐟Basa (fish)

Pangasius bocourti Sauvage, 1880

Peixe-panga é o termo normalmente utilizado para designar espécies de peixe pertencentes ao gênero Pangasius, da família Pangasiidae, da ordem dos Siluriformes. Conhecido popularmente como peixe-gato (catfish), trata-se de um peixe similar ao bagre.

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Also called
basa fish, Basa fish, Bocourt’s catfish
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2012.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
1.2 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Body length
1.2 mmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
3.18
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.18 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyPangasiidae
  5. ›genusPangasius
  6. ›speciesPangasius bocourti
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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Peixe Panga (pt), ปลาเผาะ (th), cá ba sa (vi), Pangasius bocourti (de), Pangasius bocourti (es), Pangasius bocourti (ca) … and 15 more languages
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