FAMILY Pangasiidae Bleeker, 1858 - pangasid catfishes, shark catfishes [=Pangasini, Pangasianodonidi] Notes: Pangasini Bleeker, 1858a:39 [ref. 32230] (cohors) Pangasius [also Bleeker 1858b:49, 58, 63 [ref. 365]; stem corrected to Pangasi- by Jordan 1923a:149 [ref. 2421], confirmed by Smith 1931:2 [ref. 4047] and by Fowler 1958a:3 [ref. 31840]] Pangasianodonidi Fowler, 1958b:14 [ref. 1470] (tribe) Pangasianodon GENUS Helicophagus Bleeker, 1857 - shark catfishes [=Helicophagus Bleeker [P.], 1857:45] Notes: [ref. 359]. Masc. Helicophagus typus Bleeker, 1857. Type by use of typus for one included species. Species listed on p. 28 et seq.; type by use of typus. van Oijen et al. 2009:154 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Helicophagus Bleeker, 1857 -- (Kottelat 1985:269 [ref. 11441], Burgess 1989:105 [ref. 12860], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Roberts & Vidthayanon 1991:102 [ref. 19239], Pouyaud et al. 1999:247 [ref. 24245], Roberts 1999:110 [ref. 24422], Ng & Kottelat 2000:55 [ref. 24933], Pouyaud & Teugels 2000:193 [ref. 25066], Gustiano 2003:34 [ref. 31337], Gustiano et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27737], Ferraris 2007:324 [ref. 29155], Gustiano & Pouyard 2008:13, 20 [ref. 32102] dated 1858, Kottelat 2013:253 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Helicophagus Bleeker, 1857. Pangasiidae. Species Helicophagus leptorhynchus Ng & Kottelat, 2000 - Mun River shark catfish (author) [=Helicophagus leptorhynchus Ng [H. H.] & Kottelat [M.], 2000:55, Figs. 1, 2a] Notes: [The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 48 (no. 1); ref. 24933] Mun River at Bung Wai, about 7 kilometers west of Ubon Ratchathani, 15°12'30"N, 104°47'30"E, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand. Current status: Valid as Helicophagus leptorhynchus Ng & Kottelat, 2000. Pangasiidae. Distribution: Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins, southeastern Asia. Habitat: freshwater. Species Helicophagus typus Bleeker, 1857 - Mussi River shark catfish (author) [=Helicophagus typus Bleeker [P.], 1857:46] Notes: [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 3; ref. 359] Mussi River, Palembang, Sumatra. Current status: Valid as Helicophagus typus Bleeker, 1857. Pangasiidae. Distribution: Sumatra and Borneo. Habitat: freshwater. Species Helicophagus waandersii Bleeker, 1858 - Sumatran shark catfish (author) [=Helicophagus waandersii Bleeker [P.], 1858:175] Notes: [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 4; ref. 365] Palembang, southern Sumatra, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Helicophagus waandersii Bleeker, 1858. Pangasiidae. Distribution: Sumatra and Malay Peninsula. Habitat: freshwater. GENUS Pangasianodon Chevey, 1931 - shark catfishes [=Pangasianodon Chevey [P.] 1931:538] Notes: [ref. 830]. Masc. Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840 -- (Burgess 1989:105 [ref. 12860], Roberts & Vidthayanon 1991:102 [ref. 19239]). •Synonym of Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840, but a valid subgenus Pangasianodon -- (Pouyaud et al. 1999:247 [ref. 24245], Pouyaud & Teugels 2000:197 [ref. 25066], Gustiano et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27737]). •Valid as Pangasianodon Chevey 1931 -- (Kottelat 1985:269 [ref. 11441], Fumihito 1989 [ref. 12578], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Gustiano 2003:51 [ref. 31337], Ferraris 2007:325 [ref. 29155], Gustiano & Pouyard 2008:13, 20 [ref. 32102] dated 1930, Kottelat 2013:254 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Pangasianodon Chevey, 1931. Pangasiidae. Species Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931 - giant Mekong catfish [=Pangasianodon gigas Chevey [P.], 1931:538, Figs. 1-2, Pangasius paucidens Fang [P.-W.] & Chaux [J.], in Chaux & Fang, 1949:344, Fig. 6] Notes: [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 55 (no. 7) (1930); ref. 830] Laos [original locality: Mekong River system, Pnom-Penh, Cambodia]. Current status: Valid as Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931. Pangasiidae. Distribution: Mekong River basin, southeastern Asia; stocked in various reservoirs in Thailand. Habitat: freshwater. (paucidens) [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 21 (no. 3); ref. 18875] Cambodia. Current status: Synonym of Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931. Pangasiidae. Habitat: freshwater. Species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) - striped catfish [=Helecophagus hypophthalmus Sauvage [H.-E.], 1878:235 [3], Pangasius sutchi Fowler [H. W.], 1937:141, Figs. 27-29] Notes: [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 2; ref. 3879] Laos. Current status: Valid as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878). Pangasiidae. Distribution: Mekong, its basin, and Chao Phraya, Thailand; introduced elsewhere in Asia. Habitat: freshwater. (sutchi) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 89; ref. 1425] Bangkok, Thailand. Current status: Synonym of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878). Pangasiidae. Habitat: freshwater. GENUS Pangasius Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840 - shark catfishes [=Pangasius Valenciennes [A.], in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840:45, Neopangasius Popta [C. M. L.], 1904:180, Pseudopangasius Bleeker [P.], 1862:399, Sinopangasius Chang [Y.-W.] & Wu [C.-T.], 1965:11, 13] Notes: [ref. 1008]. Masc. Pangasius buchanani Valenciennes, 1840 (= Pimelodus pangasius Hamilton, 1822). Type by monotypy. Valenciennes' buchanani is an unneeded replacement for P. pangasius. See van Oijen et al. 2009:158 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840 -- (Jayaram 1977:26 [ref. 7006], Jayaram 1981:226 [ref. 6497], Kottelat 1985:269 [ref. 11441], Burgess 1989:105 [ref. 12860], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:131 [ref. 6439], Rahman 1989:179 [ref. 24860], Roberts & Vidthayanon 1991:102 [ref. 19239], Pouyaud et al. 1999:247 [ref. 24245], Roberts 1999:109 [ref. 24422], Huang in Chu et al. 1999:98 [ref. 24534], Pouyaud & Teugels 2000:197 [ref. 25066], Pouyaud et al. 2002:243 [ref. 26653], Gustiano et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27737] with a subgenus Pangasius, Gustiano 2003:80 [ref. 31337], Ataur Rahman 2003:199 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:146 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:325 [ref. 29155], Gustiano & Pouyard 2008:13, 20 [ref. 32102], Kottelat 2013:254 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840. Pangasiidae. (Neopangasius) [ref. 3547]. Masc. Neopangasius nieuwenhuisii Popta, 1904. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840, but a valid subgenus Neopangasius -- (Pouyaud et al. 1999:247 [ref. 24245], Roberts 1999:109 [ref. 24422], Pouyaud & Teugels 2000:197 [ref. 25066], Gustiano et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27737]). •Synonym of Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840 -- (Roberts 1989:131 [ref. 6439], Roberts & Vidthayanon 1991:102 [ref. 19239], Ferraris 2007:325 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:254 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840. Pangasiidae. (Pseudopangasius) [ref. 391]. Masc. Pangasius polyuranodon Bleeker, 1852. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also in Bleeker 1862:14, 75 [ref. 393]. •Synonym of Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840 -- (Roberts 1989:131 [ref. 6439], Roberts & Vidthayanon 1991:102 [ref. 19239], Ferraris 2007:325 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:254 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840. Pangasiidae. (Sinopangasius) [ref. 811]. Masc. Sinopangasius semicultratus Chang & Wu, 1965. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Sinopangasius Chang & Wu, 1965 -- (Huang in Chu et al. 1999:97 [ref. 24534]). •Synonym of Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840 -- (Roberts & Vidthayanon 1991:102 [ref. 19239], Ferraris 2007:325 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:254 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840. Pangasiidae. Species Pangasius bocourti Sauvage, 1880 - basa fish [=Pangasius (Pseudopangasius) bocourti Sauvage [H.-E.], 1880:229 [19], Pangasius altifrons Durand [J.], 1940:23, Pl. 5] Notes: [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3889] Phnom-Penh, Cambodia. Current status: Valid as Pangasius bocourti Sauvage, 1880. Pangasiidae. Distribution: Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins, southeastern Asia. Habitat: freshwater. (altifrons) [Institut Océanographic de l'Indochine Note 34 [or 36]; ref. 13008] Tonlé-Sap Lake, Phnom-Penh, Cambodia. Current status: Synonym of Pangasius bocourti Sauvage, 1880. Pangasiidae. Habitat: freshwater. Species Pangasius conchophilus Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991 - Thabo shark catfish (author) [=Pangasius conchophilus Roberts [T. R.] & Vidthayanon [C.], 1991:114, Figs. 1b, 2j, 5] Notes: [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 143; ref. 19239] Thabo, Mekong River basin, Nongkhai Province, Thailand. Current status: Valid as Pangasius conchophilus Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991. Pangasiidae. Distribution: Mekong, Bangpakong and Chao Phraya River basins, southeastern Asia. Habitat: freshwater. Species Pangasius djambal Bleeker, 1846 - Javan pangasius (author) [=Pangasius djambal Bleeker [P.], 1846:290, Pangasius bedado Roberts [T. R.], 1999:110, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neȇrlandsch Indië v. 3 (2); ref. 19349] Probably Java, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Pangasius djambal Bleeker, 1846. Pangasiidae. Distribution: Java and Borneo, southeastern Asia. Habitat: freshwater. (bedado) [Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society v. 47 (no. 1); ref. 24422] Palembang, Sumatra. Current status: Synonym of Pangasius djambal Bleeker, 1846. Pangasiidae. Habitat: freshwater. Species Pangasius elongatus Pouyaud et al., 2002 - Lower Mekong pangasius (author) [=Pangasius elongatus Pouyaud [L.], Gustiano [R.] & Teugels [G. G.], 2002:248, Fig. 5] Notes: [Cybium v. 26