Helicophagus waandersii és una espècie de peix de la família dels pangàsids i de l'ordre dels siluriformes.
Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 70 cm de longitud total.FishBase Singhanouvong, D., C. Soulignavong, K. Vonghachak, B. Saadsy i T.J. Warren, 1996. The main wet-season migration through Hoo Som Yai, a steep-gradient channel at the great fault line on the Mekong River, Champassack Province, Southern Lao PDR. Indigenous Fishery Development Project, Fisheries Ecology Technical Report Núm. 4. Technical Section, Dept. of Livestock-Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture-Forestry, Lao People's Democratic Republic. 115 p.
Hàbitat És un peix d'aigua dolça i de clima tropical.
Distribució geogràfica Es troba a Àsia: conques dels rius Mekong i Chao Phraya, i, també, a Sumatra (Indonèsia).Kottelat, M., 1985. Fresh-water fishes of Kampuchea. Hydrobiologia 121:249-279.Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari i S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p.Monkolprasit, S., S. Sontirat, S. Vimollohakarn i T. Songsirikul, 1997. Checklist of Fishes in Thailand. Office of Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok, Tailàndia. 353 p.Noraseng, P. i T.J. Warren, 2001. A report on the main aqua-ecosystem characteristics in Sanasomboun District, Southern Lao PDR, with respect to village fisheries. Indigenous Fisheries and Aqua-Ecosystems Management Project Technical Report Núm. 2. 26 p.Roberts, T.R., 1993. Artisanal fisheries and fish ecology below the great waterfalls of the Mekong River in southern Laos. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 41:31-62.Roberts, T.R. i T.J. Warren, 1994. Observations of fishes and fisheries in southern Laos and northeastern Cambodia, octubre de 1993-febrer de 1994. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam. Soc. 42:87-115.Taki, Y., 1974. Fishes of the Lao Mekong Basin. United States Agency for International Development Mission to Laos Agriculture Division. 232 p.Vidthayanon, C., J. Karnasuta i J. Nabhitabhata, 1997. Diversity of freshwater fishes in Thailand. Office of Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok. 102 p.
Ús comercial Es comercialitza fresc.Rainboth, W.J., 1996. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Roma, 265 p.
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Riede, K., 2004. Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Alemanya. 329 p. Roberts, T.R. i C. Vidthayanon, 1991. Systematic revision of the Asian catfish family Pangasiidae, with biological observations and descriptions of three new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 143:97-144.
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