Pangasius myanmar is a species of shark catfish.[1][2][3] It is a freshwater, benthopelagic, tropical fish, measuring up to 120 centimetres (3.9 ft) long. It is found from Irrawaddy to Salween and in Rangoon.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pangasiidae |
| Genus: | Pangasius |
| Species: | P. myanmar
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| Binomial name | |
| Pangasius myanmar Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991
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References
edit- ^ a b Chaudhry, S. (2010). "Pangasius myanmar". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T168477A6499500. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168477A6499500.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pangasius myanmar". FishBase. September 2015 version.
- ^ Roberts, Tyson R., and Chavalit Vidthayanon. "Systematic revision of the Asian catfish family Pangasiidae, with biological observations and descriptions of three new species." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1991): 97-143.
Further reading
edit- Jondeung, Amnuay, Pradit Sangthong, and Rafael Zardoya. "The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas), and the phylogenetic relationships among Siluriformes." Gene 387.1 (2007): 49–57.
- Pouyaud, Laurent, Rudhy Gustiano, and Guy G. Teugels. "Systematic revision of Pangasius polyuranodon (Siluriformes, Pangasiidae) with description of two new species." Cybium 26.4 (2002): 243–252.
- Hossain, M. Y., M. M. Rahman, and M. F. A. Mollah. "Threatened fishes of the world: Pangasius pangasius Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822 (Pangasiidae)."Environmental biology of fishes 84.3 (2009): 315–316.
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