Spot pangasius
Amazing fact
The spot pangasius moves up and down the Mekong River with the wet and dry seasons.
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The spot pangasius moves up and down the Mekong River with the wet and dry seasons.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Spot pangasius
- Scientific name
- Pangasius larnaudii
- Japanese name
- パーテーホ
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Pangasiidae
- Genus
- Pangasius
Young fish are slim, but as they grow their bodies get deeper and they look heavy and solid.
Basic data
- Range
- Thailand and the Mekong River
Where the Spot pangasius has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- パーテーホ
- Español
- Tiburón pangasio moteado
- Português (Brasil)
- Pangasius-pintado
- العربية
- بنغاس منقط
- Русский
- Пангасиус Ларнауди
- ไทย
- ปลาเทโพ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — パーテーホChecked: 2026-11-04
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Spot Pangasius (Pangasius larnaudii) - Uncertain RiskChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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