Pangasius myanmar
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Roberts & Vidthayanon , 1991 |
Pangasius myanmar is a species of fish in the genus Pangasius within the shark catfish family. The species is only known from two specimens from near Rangoon in Myanmar .
features
Pangasius myanmar is very similar to the species Pangasius pangasius , but has a narrower head with a narrow mouth and shorter barbels that do not reach the edge of the gill cover. A small oval tooth plate sits on the palatine bone , also in the middle of the ploughshare . The gill trap has 20 to 21 rays on the first arch. The anal fin has 32 soft rays. The species reaches a length of at least 23 centimeters.
swell
- Tyson R. Roberts, Chavalit Vidthayanon: Systematic revision of the Asian catfish family Pangasiidae, with biological observations and descriptions of three new species . In: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. tape 143 , 1991, pp. 97-144 (English).
Web links
- Pangasius myanmar on Fishbase.org (English)
- Pangasius myanmar inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.1. Posted by: Chaudhry, S., 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2013.