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

Pangasianodon hypophthalmus ( Sauvage, 1878) [I]—Striped catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Helicophagus hypophthalmus Sauvage, 1878: 235 [3] [Bangkok, Thailand; holotype: ANSP 67902].— Iraq synonyms: Pangasius hypophthalmus ( Sauvage, 1878) .—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).