Pangasius kinabatanganensis Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Pangasius kinabatanganensis is a species of shark catfish. It is a freshwater, benthopelagic and tropical fish, measuring up to 23.8 centimetres (9 in) long. It is found in the Kinabatangan basin, in northeastern Borneo which is in the state of Sabah, Malaysia.
Wikipedia contributors, Pangasius kinabatanganensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:29:39.277510+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pangasius kinabatanganensis Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991
- Name authority
- Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Pangasiidae
- Genus
- Pangasius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyPangasiidae Bleeker, 1858
- genusPangasius Valenciennes, 1840
- speciesPangasius kinabatanganensis Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pangasius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| basa fishPangasius bocourti Sauvage, 1880 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pangasius djambal Bleeker, 1846 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pangasius larnaudii Bocourt, 1866 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pangasius mahakamensis Pouyaud, Gustiano & Teugels, 2002 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pangasius polyuranodon Bleeker, 1852 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pangasius humeralis Roberts, 1989 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pangasius krempfi Fang & Chaux, 1949 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pangasius rheophilus Pouyaud & Teugels, 2000 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pangasius nasutus (Bleeker, 1863) | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pangasius sabahensis Gustiano, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pangasius silasi Dwivedi, Gupta, Singh, Mohindra, Chandra, Easawarn, Jena & Lal, 2017 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pangasius conchophilus Roberts & Vidthayanon, 1991 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- 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. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4CCDD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.