biggest catfish mekong
The Mekong giant catfish, Pangasianodon gigas (Thai: à¸à¸¥à¸²à¸à¸¶à¸, rtgs: pla buek, pronounced [plÄË bÉ¯Ìk]; Khmer: áááá¸áá¶á /trÉy riec/; Vietnamese: cÃ¡ tra dáº§u), is a very large, critically endangered species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the shark catfish family (Pangasiidae), native to the Mekong basin in Southeast Asia and adjacent China.