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Scientific Name Pangasius mahakamensis  Pouyaud, Gustiano & Teugels, 2002
Common Name
Type Locality Sangasanga, Mahakam River at Samarinda, East Kalimantan Province, Borneo, Indonesia.
Pronunciation Pang ah see uss
Etymology The name Pangasius comes from a local (Bengali) name of the fish (pungas). Named after the Mahakam basin where the type material was collected.
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Size 182mm or 7.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification On live specimens, head and body dorsally olive to greenish grey, lower side of flanks and belly silver or whitish. Dorsal, pectoral and caudal fins yellowish, other fins hyaline.
General Remarks The largest specimen listed in the description is 182 mm SL. In the Roberts and Vidthayanon 1991 revision of Pangasiidae there is a noted specimen that somewhat exceeds this - 192 mm.
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Distribution Asia: endemic to East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Pacific, Malaysia Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
Down Further Information
Reference Cybium v. 26 (no. 4), pp 246, Fig. 4
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Last Update 2020 Sep 16 01:44 (species record created: 2009 May 19 10:05)