I need help with "shark" names

[BushFishRox]

Ok well I was wondering what the proper name is for a Emperor ID Shark I know they get 3-4' and then their closest relative gets around 8"s I was told and their name start with P, I just wanted to get the name and more info on the P..... "shark"

I know there is a few on this site because this is the first place I saw them, and now my LFS has got them in, I know the "Emperor ID Shark" gets way to big for me but any info on the other one would be great it is pyra or something...

I feel dumb lol I never remember names...

 

[BushFishRox]

Ok well I have found that the emperor ID shark is actually a Paroon Shark, but I think the other one is Py soemthing and told that it grows to about 8"s...

ok well I did it the easy way and looked for my selfI believe it was a Iridescent Shark...

 

[BushFishRox]

wow this is a scary pic of the Iridescent Shark.... and the barbs in the back, I had 6 of those at one time...

 

[wayne the pain]

Thats a great pic

 

[adobongrabbit]

awesome pic!

 

[reddragon343]

haha...i gotta pair of paroon sharks. becareful...they are tank busters and can hit a concrete wall at charging speed with no side effects. paroons rock

 

[cinnastix911]

Pangasius sanitwongsei is the 'real' name if thats what you were looking for.

 

[duke33]

Learning every day. I have a couple of those, they are a type of catfish, I read somewhere. And yes they will go nuts every now and then.

 

[Fishes33]

Especially when it is feeding time.. **GOES BESERK**

Mines still small, but power feeding it atm, 3-4 pieces of squid a day (6" atm going 7), 50G now.. soon 120, then 180 (anything bigger than 180 wont fit thru my basement door) and then .... if its still too big.. back in a plane.. back to Thailand

oh and mines busted his nose when he charged against the glass (very skittish).. but its all heal up now.. its cool