sanitwongsei, Pangasius Smith [H. M.] 1931:29, Figs. 13-14 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 79 (no. 2873); ref. 4047] Menam Chao Phraya River at Koh Yai, central Thailand. Holotype (unique): Siam. Dept. Fish. (apparently lost). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:328 [ref. 29155]. See Roberts & Vidthayanon 1991:138 [ref. 19239] for information on type; they also serve as first revisers selecting sanitwongsei over beani. •Mention -- (Kottelat 1984:815 [ref. 11440]). •Valid as Pangasius sanitwongsei Smith 1931 -- (Burgess 1989:106 [ref. 12860], Roberts & Vidthayanon 1991:137 [ref. 19239], Zhu 1995:158 [ref. 25213] as sanitwangsei, Rainboth 1996:157 [ref. 22772], Yue & Chen 1998:212 [ref. 26415] as sanitwangsei, Pouyaud et al. 1999:254 [ref. 24245], Huang in Chu et al. 1999:102 [ref. 24534], Pouyaud & Teugels 2000:198 [ref. 25066], Kottelat 2001:134 [ref. 25780], Gustiano 2003:128 [ref. 31337], Hogan et al. 2004:230 [ref. 27683], Ferraris 2007:328 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:255 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:182 [ref. 34477], Yoğurtçuoğlu & Ekmekçi 2018:243 [ref. 36177], Fu et al. 2021:9571 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:264 [ref. 39830], Çiçek et al. 2022:5 [ref. 38985], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2023:33 [ref. 40667], Çiçek et al. 2024:272 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Pangasius sanitwongsei Smith 1931. Pangasiidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Yunnan (China); introduced in Turkey and Iran. Habitat: freshwater.