Giant Mekong Catfish & Giant Mekong Barb Tank - huge aquarium with Mekong river fish

This video features the giant Mekong fishes aquarium at Aquatotto in Gifu, Japan. This gigantic aquarium features some of the endangered giant fishes from the Mekomg river. Video shows: Pangasionodon gigas (Pla Buk or Mekong Giant Catfish), Pangasionodon hypophthalmus (irridescent shark), Catlacarpio siamensis (Mekong Giant Barb), Probarbus julienni (Isok barb), Tor tambroides (Thai Mahseer), Hypsibarbus verneyi (hiback barb), Mastacembelus erythrotaenia (giant fire eel, spiny eel), Wallago atu (helicopter catfish), Pangasois sanitwongsi, (paroon shark), and Osphronemus goramy (giant gourami) in one of the best large fish exhibits i have seen.

Also check out our Freshwater fish from Japan video:
https://youtu.be/iY2Tx3fCEJo
and our Japanese Goby Video:
https://youtu.be/JvYkjX1sJZ8
and Japanese Giant salamander video:
https://youtu.be/7Hm2ZBPLu8M

Index
0:00 the giant Mekong exhibit at Aquatotto Freshwater Aquarium, Gifu
0:10 Pangasionodon gigas, Pla Buk or Mekong Giant Catfish
2:39 Pangasionodon hypophthalmus, irridescent shark
2:54 Catlacarpio siamensis, Mekong Giant Barb
3:50 Probarbus julienni, Isok barb
4:37 Tor tambroides, Thai Mahseer
4:45 Hypsibarbus verneyi, hiback barb
5:00 Mastacembelus erythrotaenia, giant fire eel, spiny eel
5:20 Wallago atu, helicopter catfish
5:35 Pangasois sanitwongsi, paroon shark
5:41 Osphronemus goramy, giant gourami

Giant Catfish at Aquatotto scientific paper on growth:
https://bioone.org/journals/zoological-science/volume-28/issue-8/zsj.28.545/Seasonal-Feeding-Rhythm-Associated-with-Fasting-Period-of-Pangasianodon-gigas/10.2108/zsj.28.545.full


Also check out our other videos of other famous fish in nature:
DISCUS IN NATURE https://youtu.be/Kn0-ZZPqR7w
GOLD NUGGET PLECO collecting - https://youtu.be/QVWTev_ic_k ( Baryancistrus xanthellus )
PIRANHAS guide - https://youtu.be/pF1pKFAHOcs ( Pygocentrus cariba and others )
CARDINALS in nature - https://youtu.be/hzy7C9PiqvU ( Paracheirodon axelrodi )
STINGRAYS collecting in nature - https://youtu.be/GMOf_G7XkiE ( Potamotrygon motoro )
BLUE RAMS in nature - https://youtu.be/wZYAOhy7N94 ( Mikrogeophagus ramirezi )
OTOCINCLUS guide - https://youtu.be/mTqAgCHQ63s
3 DWARF CICHLIDS in Nature: https://youtu.be/JoPql4CGU-g

check out other Corydoras videos:
CORYDORAS in nature - https://youtu.be/MMsj6H5E4qo
CORYDORAS new species: https://youtu.be/KLVL4rMk4Pc
CORYDORAS from the Cachimbo: https://youtu.be/BeviZAUu-e4
SCLEROMYSTAX in nature: https://youtu.be/c6JGjI6cd8A
Corydoras in Bolivia: https://youtu.be/DFQLBFnwaN4

More from the Orinoco, 30 species! https://youtu.be/TYDrs_9c7C4
More pike cichlids in nature: https://youtu.be/JL702if6lnU
More Corydoras in the wild: https://youtu.be/MMsj6H5E4qo
More Orinoco Apistogramma in nature, breeding: https://youtu.be/OFinObA03S