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Basa fish

Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pangasiidae
Genus: Pangasius
Species: P. bocourti
Binomial name
Pangasius bocourti
Sauvage, 1880

The basa fish, Pangasius bocourti, is a type of catfish in the family Pangasiidae. Basa are native to the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam and Chao Phraya basin.1 These fish are important food fish with an international market. They are sometimes marketed as bocourti.2 Other related shark catfish may be occasionally called "basa fish". These fishes include Pangasius hypophthalmus (iridescent shark) and Pangasius pangasius (yellowtail catfish).

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Body

The body of a basa fish is stout and heavy. The rounded head is broader than it is long, the blunt snout having a white band on its muzzle.

Locations

Basa fish are known to be from large rivers, in rapids and in deep, slower reaches. They enter flooded forests.

Food and Spawning

Basa fish feed on plants. These fish spawn at the onset of the rainy season.1

Mascot

P. bocourti, known in Thai as pla mong, is the mascot of Nakhon Phanom Games, a regional multi-sport event in central Thailand in October 2006.3

References

  1. ^ a b "Pangasius bocourti". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Mar 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  2. ^ "Buyer's Guide - Basa Catfish". Seafood Business (2001-11). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  3. ^ Mascot page (in Thai), Nakhon Phanom Games official website, 6 December 2006

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