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Pangasiidae

6 fish on EveryFish name Pangasiidae among their families.

WorldPangasius A genus of shark catfishes from South and Southeast Asia, widely farmed for food.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1822

🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 morePangas catfish Large shark catfish from South Asian rivers and estuaries.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1822

Southeast AsiaBasa A freshwater catfish from Southeast Asia sold globally as a cheap white fish.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1880

🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreIridescent shark Large Southeast Asian catfish farmed for food and kept in aquariums.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Basa: Alpha, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Pangasius: Karelj, Public domain, source
Pangas catfish: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Iridescent shark: User:Melanochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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