Pangasius pangasius

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Pla sawai89.jpg

| image_caption = Pangasius pangasius in Thailand

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Pal, M. | title = Pangasius pangasius | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2010 | page = e.T166404A6201771 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2010 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/166404/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166404A6201771.en | access-date = 15 January 2018| doi-access = free }}

| taxon = Pangasius pangasius

| authority = (Hamilton, 1822)

| synonyms={{Specieslist

|Pangasius buchanani|(Valenciennes, 1840)

|Pimelodus pangasius|Hamilton, 1822

|Pangasius pangasius pangasius|(Hamilton, 1822)

|Pachypterus luridus|Swainson, 1839

|Pangasius pangasius godavarii|David, 1962

|Pangasius pangasius upiensis|Srivastava, 1968

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Pangasius pangasius, the Pangas catfish, is a species of shark catfish native to fresh and brackish waters of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan.{{FishBase |genus= Pangasius|species= pangasius| month = February | year = 2012}} It has also been introduced to Cambodia and Vietnam. This species grows to a standard length of 60 centimetres, however an aberrant large individual captured in the 1970's grew to a length of {{convert|3|m|ft}}.{{cite web|url=https://fishbase.se/summary/292| title= Pangasius pangasius|date = 14 February 2024 |work=Fishbase}} This species of fish is eaten by the people of South Asia, the other being P. silasi from the Krishna River.Dwivedi, Arvind K.; Braj Kishor Gupta; Rajeev K. Singh; Vindhya Mohindra; Suresh Chandra; Suresh Easawarn; Joykrushna Jena; and Kuldeep K. Lal (2017). Cryptic Diversity in the Indian Clade of the Catfish Family Pangasiidae Resolved by the Description of A New Species. Hydrobiologia. {{doi|10.1007/s10750-017-3198-z}}{{Cite web |title=Pangasius buchanani Valenciennes, 1840 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/5202468 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}