Common name of Pangasianodon gigas
 
Common name Trey réach
Language Khmer
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Cambodia
Locality Mekong River: Quatre Bras, Pnom Penh, Luang Prabang
Ref. Pavie, A., 1904
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
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Remarks Meaning 'royal fish', used by Cambodians of the 1880s for this fish that migrates up the Mekong to spawn after the rains.
 
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