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Basa fish

Pangasius bocourti Sauvage, 1880

Status not recordedbony fish

The basa fish (Pangasius bocourti) is a species in the family Pangasiidae, order Siluriformes.

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Quick facts about the basa fish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the basa fish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the basa fish as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Mexicoinvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the basa fish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the basa fish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderSiluriformes
  5. familyPangasiidae
  6. genusPangasius
  7. SpeciesPangasius bocourti Sauvage, 1880

Synonyms Pangasius altifrons, Pangasius bacourti

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Basa catfishEnglish
  • Bocourt’s catfishEnglish
  • PangasiusEnglish
  • River cobblerEnglish
  • Royal basaEnglish
  • pangas kambodžskýCzech
  • BasaGerman
  • pangasius basaFrench
  • trey pra kchauKhmer
  • Pa NyangLao
  • pangasius basaDutch
  • Peixe-basaPortuguese
  • ปลายางThai
  • Cá ba saVietnamese
  • 巴沙魚Chinese
  • Pa Houa MouamLao
  • ปลาเผาะThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the basa fish

Other species in the same genus Pangasius.

Paroon shark

Pangasius sanitwongsei

PangasiidaeNo free photo yet

Punagas

Pangasius pangasius

PangasiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the basa fish an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the basa fish as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the basa fish?

The basa fish (Pangasius bocourti) belongs to the family Pangasiidae in the order Siluriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Basa fish (Pangasius bocourti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/basa-fish

MLA

“Basa fish (Pangasius bocourti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/basa-fish.

BibTeX
@misc{basa_fish_2026,
  title = {Basa fish (Pangasius bocourti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/basa-fish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}