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Pangasianodon hypophthalmus

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
  • 2. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
  • 3. Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
  • 4. Faculty of Fisheries, Cukurova University, Türkiye
  • 5. Deparment of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Description

Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) [I]—Striped catfish; None

Taxonomy. Original description: Helicophagus hypophthalmus Sauvage, 1878: 235 (3) [Bangkok, Thailand; holotype: ANSP 67902].— Israel synonyms: Pangasius hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878).—Revisions: Roberts & Vidthayanon (1991: 121).—Illustration: Roberts & Vidthayanon (1991: 122, fig. 9).

Status in Israel. First record from Israel by Snovsky and Golani (2012).—Israel materials: HUJ.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel: A single record from Lake Kinneret.—Distribution in River Basin: 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong basin, and Chao Phraya, Thailand; introduced elsewhere in southern Asia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico (U.S.A.).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species inhabits the main channels and floodplains of large rivers and seasonally moves up to floodplains and marshland for feeding and nursing. It is an omnivore, feeding primarily on algae, plants, zooplankton, insects, fruits, crustaceans, and fish. It Freshwater.

Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.

Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Notes

Published as part of Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil, Çapar, Osman Bahadir & Golani, Daniel, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Israel; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, pp. 451-484 in Zootaxa 5369 (4) on pages 462-463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10146651

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References

  • Sauvage, H. - E. (1878) Note sur quelques poissons d'especes nouvelles provenant des eaux douces de l'Indo-Chine. Bulletin de la Societe philomathique de Paris, Serie 7, 2, 233 - 242.
  • Roberts, T. R. & Vidthayanon, C. (1991) Systematic revision of the Asian catfish family Pangasiidae, with biological observations and descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 143, 97 - 143.
  • Snovsky, G. & Golani, D. (2012) The occurrence of an aquarium escapee, Pangasius hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878), (Osteichthys, Siluriformes, Pangasiidae) in Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel. BioInvasions Records, 7 (1), 101 - 103. https: // doi. org / 10.3391 / bir. 2012.1.2.03