1] it is very closely related to Pangasius hypopthalmus [the usual
irredescent shark of the pet trade] especially when young and many
fish farmers got burned with baby irredescent sold as mekong giant and
there are hybrid irredescent/mekong giant crossbred for farming too.
2] Pangasius bocourti is often sold as mekong giant too...
Tony
Moontanman-in-aol.com wrote:
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