PemancinG TegaR BorneO

PemancinG TegaR BorneO
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Mekong Giant Catfish (Pangasianodon Gigas)

Mekong Giant Catfish

Pangasianodon Gigas
One of the largest fish in the world, Mekong giant catfish, such as this one on a fisherman's boat, can reach 10 feet (3 meters) long and weigh up to 650 pounds (300 kilograms). This critically endangered species has suffered from overfishing, dam building, and habitat destruction.

Photograph courtesy Zeb Hogan

The world’s largest scaleless freshwater fish lives a tenuous existence in the murky brown waters of Southeast Asia’s Mekong River. Capable of reaching an almost mythical 10 feet (3 meters) in length and 650 pounds (295 kilograms), Mekong giant catfish live mainly in the lower half of the Mekong River system, in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Once plentiful throughout the Mekong basin, population numbers have dropped by some 95 percent over the past century, and this critically endangered behemoth now teeters on the brink of extinction. Overfishing is the primary culprit in the giant catfish’s decline, but damming of Mekong tributaries, destruction of spawning and breeding grounds, and siltation have taken a huge toll. Some experts think there may only be a few hundred adults left.
Mekong giant catfish have very low-set eyes and are silvery to dark gray on top and whitish to yellow on the bottom. They are toothless herbivores who live off the plants and algae in the river. Juveniles wear the characteristic catfish “whiskers,” called barbels, but these features shrink as they age.
Highly migratory creatures, giant catfish require large stretches of river for their seasonal journeys and specific environmental conditions in their spawning and breeding areas. They are thought to rear primarily in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap lake and migrate hundreds of miles north to spawning grounds in Thailand. Dams and human encroachment, however, have severely disrupted their lifecycle.
International efforts are under way to save the species. It is now illegal in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia to harvest giant catfish. And recently in Thailand, a group of fishers pledged to stop catching giant catfish to honor the king’s 60th year on the throne. However, enforcement of fishing restrictions in many isolated villages along the Mekong is nearly impossible, and illicit and bycatch takings continue.

Fast Facts

Type: Fish
Diet: Herbivore
Average life span in the wild: More than 60 years
Size: Up to 10 ft (3 m)
Weight: Up to 650 lbs (295 kg)
Group name: School
Protection status: Endangered
Did you know? The largest freshwater fish ever recorded was a Mekong giant catfish caught in northern Thailand in 2005. It was nearly 9 ft long (2.7 m) and weighed 646 lbs (293 kg).
 
Size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) man: 

*For more information, please visit National Geographic website* http://animals.nationalgeographic.com


P/S: Punyalah bangga nelayan ya...Kalau lah kita dapat,sembilang ka,baung ka atau belukang besar ya, mesti best kan hee...Selalunya species ikan duri seperti baung dan belukang kat Malaysia di pandang sebelah mata jak,mena sik???...Mun jak dapat besar ya,memang kenak heart attack rasanya hahaha!!~ 

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PemancinG TegaR BorneO

Blog ini didedikasikan khas buat semua pemancing2 tegar kepulauan Borneo dan tidak lupa juga kepada pemancing2 tegar di semenanjung, semua di alu2kan. Di harap kita semua dapat menghangatkan blog ini dengan berkongsi apa2 sahaja mengenai dunia memancing seperti info terkini, peralatan, kisah@pengalaman memancing, teknik2 dan tips, selain dalam masa yang sama dapat mengeratkan lagi hubungan siraturahim sesama kita, tak gitu?? ..Hehehe~

Semua di alu2kan memberi pendapat. Salam…^^


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