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Scientific Name Pangasius icaria  Ayyathurai, Kodeeswaran, Mohindra, Singh, Ravi, Kumar, Valaparambil et al., 2022
Common Name
Type Locality Mettur Dam, Mettur Dam village, Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India, 11°48'47.1"N, 77°48'08.2"E.
Pronunciation Pang ah see uss
Etymology The name Pangasius comes from a local (Bengali) name of the fish (pungas). The species is named after the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and used its abbreviated form. ICAR is the parent organization of the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, which conducted the research leading to the description of this new species.
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Distribution
Indian waters, Cauvery (Kaveri) (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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Feeding This species eats aquatic snails in nature. User data.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference PeerJ v. 10: e14258, pp 5, Figs. 1-2B, 3-5.
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Last Update 2023 Mar 06 13:31 (species record created: 2022 Nov 12 00:30)