Pangasianodon hypophthalmus ( Sauvage, 1878 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5357 (1), pp. 1-49 : 25-26

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10019190
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scientific name	Pangasianodon hypophthalmus ( Sauvage, 1878 )
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Pangasianodon hypophthalmus ( Sauvage, 1878) View in CoL [I]—Striped catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Helicophagus hypophthalmus Sauvage, 1878: 235 View in CoL [3] [Bangkok, Thailand; holotype: ANSP 67902].— Iraq synonyms: Pangasius hypophthalmus ( Sauvage, 1878) View in CoL .—Revisions: Roberts & Vidthayanon (1991: 121).—Illustration: Roberts & Vidthayanon (1991: 122, fig. 9).

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Khamees et al. (2013); confirmed by Al-Faisal et al. (2014).—Iraq materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Euphrates River.—General distribution: Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong basin, and Chao Phraya, Thailand; introduced elsewhere in southern Asia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico ( U.S.A.).—Habitat: This species inhabits the main channels and floodplains of large rivers and seasonally moves up to floodplains and marshland for feeding and nursing. It is an omnivore, feeding primarily on algae, plants, zooplankton, insects, fruits, crustaceans, and fish. It Freshwater.

Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.

Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

References

Khamees, N. R., Ali, A. H., Abed, J. M. & Adday, T. K. (2013) First record of striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) (Pisces: Pangasiidae) from inland waters of Iraq. Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 26 (1), 184 - 197. https: // doi. org / 10.33762 / bagrs. 2013.111655

Sauvage, H. - E. (1878) Note sur quelques poissons d'especes nouvelles provenant des eaux douces de l'Indo-Chine. Bulletin de la Societe philomathique de Paris, Serie 7, 2, 233 - 242.