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(Ref. 137577) Baran, E,0 Fish migration triggers in the Lower Mekong Basin and other tropical freshwater systems. MRC Tech. Pap. No. 14. Mekong River Commission, Vientiane. 56 pp, (Ref. 138296) FB-pic-6193-17130 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1998-05-24 1998-05-24 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6193 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Pasan_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Pasan_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-6193 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-03 00:00:00 2025-11-24 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6193 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Adults inhabit large rivers. Juveniles are found in larger tributaries (Ref. 58784). Both young and adults feed on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 12693). Larger individuals have been known to feed on carcasses of fowl or dog (which are commonly used for bait) (Ref. 7432). A migratory species (Ref. 37772). They spawn just before the rainy season and the young of the year reach a length of about 10 cm by mid-June (Ref. 12693). Fishery used to be accompanied by rites and ceremonies of a religious nature (Ref 2686). Important food fish and is often referred to in textbooks and popular press or news media (Ref. 4537). Marketed fresh (Ref. 12693). Threatened due to over harvesting, habitat loss and pollution (Ref. 58490). Roberts, T.R. and C. Vidthayanon 1991 Systematic revision of the Asian catfish family Pangasiidae, with biological observations and descriptions of three new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 143:97-144. (Ref. 7432) FB-DiagnosticDescr-6193 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1992-10-08 00:00:00 2002-10-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6193 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Fins are pigmented with dusky melanophores. First soft ray in dorsal, pectoral and pelvic fins prolonged into a filament (Ref. 4792). Broad head; black tips on first few anal-fin rays in individuals of all sizes, particularly in juveniles; palatine and vomerine teeth united into a single long crescentic patch (Ref. 12693). Mouth wide, its width 5.5-5.9 times in SL (Ref. 43281). Taki, Y. 1974 Fishes of the Lao Mekong Basin. United States Agency for International Development Mission to Laos Agriculture Division. 232 p. (Ref. 4792) FB-Distribution-6193 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-03 00:00:00 2007-01-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6193 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Asia: Chao Phraya and Mekong basins. Roberts, T.R. and C. Vidthayanon 1991 Systematic revision of the Asian catfish family Pangasiidae, with biological observations and descriptions of three new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 143:97-144. (Ref. 7432) FB-Uses-6193 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-03 00:00:00 2025-11-24 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6193 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) Vidthayanon, C. 2005 Thailand red data: fishes. Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok, Thailand. 108 p. (Ref. 58784) FB-Migration-6193 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-03 00:00:00 2025-11-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6193 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Baran, E, 2006 Fish migration triggers in the Lower Mekong Basin and other tropical freshwater systems. MRC Tech. Pap. No. 14. Mekong River Commission, Vientiane. 56 pp, (Ref. 138296) FB-TrophicStrategy-6193 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Arlene G. Sampang-Reyes 2000-10-07 00:00:00 2003-03-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ sanitwongsei Likes to live in deep water and main streams. Carnivore, feeds on small fishes, shrimps and carcasses of large animals (Ref. 45563). Rainboth, W.J. 1996 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693) FB-Size-6193 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-03 00:00:00 2025-11-24 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6193 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 300 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2686)); max. published weight: 300.0 kg (Ref. 7432) Davidson, A. 1975 Fish and fish dishes of Laos. Imprimerie Nationale Vientiane. 202 p. (Ref. 2686) Roberts, T.R. and C. Vidthayanon 1991 Systematic revision of the Asian catfish family Pangasiidae, with biological observations and descriptions of three new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 143:97-144. (Ref. 7432) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-6193 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-03 00:00:00 2025-11-24 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6193 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 138296); freshwater Baran, E, 2006 Fish migration triggers in the Lower Mekong Basin and other tropical freshwater systems. MRC Tech. Pap. No. 14. Mekong River Commission, Vientiane. 56 pp, (Ref. 138296)