Panga 24263 222943374 2008-07-01T21:12:39Z 87.220.250.132 :''This article is about the panga fish. See [[machete]] for information about the African cutting tool. See [[panga (boat)]] for information about the small watercraft used by commercial fishermen in Central America'' {{Taxobox | name = Panga | image = Pterogymnus laniarius.png | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Actinopterygii]] | ordo = [[Perciformes]] | familia = [[Sparidae]] | genus = '''''Pterogymnus''''' | genus_authority = Smith, 1938 | species = '''''P. laniarius''''' | binomial = ''Pterogymnus laniarius'' | binomial_authority = ([[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1830) }} '''Panga''' is the common [[South Africa]]n name for '''''Pterogymnus laniarius''''', a small [[wiktionary:oceanodromous|ocean-dwelling]] [[fish]], native to the south-east [[Atlantic Ocean]] and south-west [[Indian Ocean]]. Alternatively called "Torpedo scads", they are [[cold-blooded]] with white flesh. Their scales are generally pink in color with whitish underbelly and blue-green stripes running laterally along its sides. Over the course of its life, a panga will undergo periodic sex-changes with as much as 30% of the population being [[hermaphrodite|hermaphroditic]] at a time. Despite the presence of both sex organs, it is thought unlikely that both are simultaneously active. Panga are slow to reach sexual maturity, with a minimum population doubling time of 4.5-14 years. In other countries the name ''panga'' may refer to a different species. In Indonesia , panga refers to ''Megalaspis cordyla'', in Spain and Poland it refers to [[Pangasius hypophthalmus]], and in Kenya it refers to ''Trichiurus lepturus''. ==References== * {{ITIS|ID=647974|taxon=Pterogymnus laniarius|year=2006|date=19 March}} * {{FishBase_species|genus=Pterogymnus|species=laniarius|year=2005|month=November}}In India "Panga" Means to pick a Quarrel,Squabble, Bicker, Argue and Wrangle ==External links== * [http://www.fao.org:80/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=species&fid=3123 FAO's Species Fact Sheet about ''Megalaspis cordyla''] [[Category:Sparidae]] [[eu:Panga]] [[fr:Pterogymnus laniarius]] [[nl:Panga (vis)]] [[pl:Panga (ryba)]]