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Shark catfish

PangasiidaeAlso called Pangasiidae

Shark catfish is a fish. Cooks use it as fish.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Family
Pangasiidae
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Shark catfish, cut

Photo: François Nguyen · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

On the table

Dishes made with shark catfish

1 of the 2 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.
  • Pindang Serani

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include shark catfish.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: shark catfish in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: fishChecked and not found: soy, eggs, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Around the world

What shark catfish is called

Names in 42 languages, from Wikidata.
  • Spanish

    Pangasiidae · Pangásido · Pangasido

  • French

    Pangasiidae · Pangasiidés

  • Italian

    Pangasiidae · Pangasidi

  • Portuguese

    Pangasiidae

  • German

    Haiwelse · Pangasiidae

  • Dutch

    Reuzenmeervallen · Pangasiidae

  • Turkish

    Pangasiidae

  • Russian

    пангасиевые · Pangasiidae · Пангасиевые сомы

  • Polish

    Pangasiidae

  • Arabic

    سلور القرش

  • Persian

    گربه‌ماهی کوسه‌ای · پنگسی · پنگوسی · گربه ماهی کوسه ای

  • Hebrew

    שפמנוני כריש

Show all 42 languages
  • Albanian

    Pangasiidae

  • Asturian

    Pangasiidae

  • Basque

    Pangasiidae

  • Bulgarian

    пангасиеви · сомове пангасии

  • Catalan

    Pangàsid · Pangasiidae · Pangàsids

  • Cebuano

    Pangasiidae

  • Chinese

    𩷶鲇科 · 巨鲇科 · 𩷶科

  • Czech

    pangasovití

  • Danish

    Hajmaller

  • Egyptian Arabic

    سلور القرش

  • Finnish

    haimonnit · Pangasiidae

  • Hungarian

    óriásharcsafélék · Pangasiidae

  • Indonesian

    Patin

  • Interlingua

    Pangasiidae

  • Irish

    Pangasiidae

  • Japanese

    パンガシウス科

  • Korean

    메콩메기과

  • Latin

    Pangasiidae

  • Lithuanian

    Rykliniai šamai · Pangasiidae

  • Malay

    Patin · Pangasiidae

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    Haimaller · Pangasiidae

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    Pangasiidae

  • Romanian

    Pangasiidae

  • Simplified Chinese

    巨鲶科

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    𩷶鲇科

  • Slovenian

    Pangasiidae

  • Sundanese

    Patin

  • Swedish

    Hajmalar · Pangasiidae

  • Thai

    วงศ์ปลาสวาย · Pangasiidae

  • Traditional Chinese

    巨鯰科

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    巨鯰科

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    𩷶鯰科

  • Ukrainian

    Pangasiidae

  • Vietnamese

    họ Cá tra · Pangasiidae

  • Waray

    Pangasiidae

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q901080

Photos

Photo: François Nguyen · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons