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Basa
Pangasius bocourti
The basa fish (Pangasius bocourti) is a species of catfish in the family Pangasiidae. Basa are native to the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins in Indochina. These fish are important food fish with an international market. They are often labelled in North America and Australia as "basa fish", "swai", or "bocourti". In the UK all species of Pangasius may legally be described as "river cobbler", "cobbler", "basa", "pangasius", "panga", or any of these with the addition...
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Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Albertus Magnus on Women and the Birth of Children
Albertus, Magnus, Heiliger · 1700 · p.24
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 9)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.100
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.472
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.321
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.200
Parts of the Treatise on Plants
Dioscorides · 1150 · p.144
Famine Relief Herbal
Zhu Su · 1406 · p.123
Famine Relief Herbal
Zhu Su · 1406 · p.37
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.51
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.65
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.69
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.145
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 187971.