Giant Mekong?

[Fishes33]

Is this a Giant Mekong?

I know Giant Mekong catfish doesn't have barbels, but this little guy has some. Does baby giant mekong have whiskers and loses them when they grow big? It doesn't look like an ID shark nor an Emperor Shark, do you know what is it? :O

 

[Nman]

Looks like a mekong


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[FISHSTICKS89]

Looks like a mekong


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agree

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[FinHunter101]

Thats what it look like to me as well... if it a true Mekong then its a very extremely rare find... very nice find none the less... thought i found one 2 years ago till i found out the were illegal in the us turned out i had a paroon shark which later died due to heater failure in the winter @ 13*

 

[Fishes33]

Thats what it look like to me as well... if it a true Mekong then its a very extremely rare find... very nice find none the less... thought i found one 2 years ago till i found out the were illegal in the us turned out i had a paroon shark which later died due to heater failure in the winter @ 13*

I just read it up on Wiki. If this is a true mekong, it is listed in appendix 1, banning from international trade. Althou I know where this fish is, but I don't have it in possession and I definitly don't want the cops banging on my door

 

[kasaki89]

kinda looks like a pale id shark

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Looks different from the only baby pic on PCF, image #7. The snout, for one, is far more blunt in GMC: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?species=pangasianodon_gigas&image_id=6137

 

[necrocanis]

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=843

Puts me in the mindset of the above. I don't rule out many species in the family though. Seems really emaciated, and discolored.

 

[Fishes33]

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=843

Puts me in the mindset of the above. I don't rule out many species in the family though. Seems really emaciated, and discolored.

I see! I see! Even the mods can't proper ID it, so it could be anything! It's cheap anyway, I will just get it and grow it up and see what it is in the future! :3

If it is a true mekong, I'd just donate it to the zoo xD

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

AFAIK, no fish from the Pangasiidae famiy is wild caught anymore. They are all farm raised. Hence, one can forget about by-catches, mis-IDs, and getting "lucky". Not to mention that GMCs are paid much attention, taken great care of, are expensive, highly regulated in SE Asia and worldwide, and cannot be found "mixed in" with IDS - a common farmed food fish - or any other fish for that matter.