basan.
/ˈbasə/, U.S. /ˈbɑsə/ Chiefly U.S.
Any of several large Asian catfishes of the genera Pangasius and Pangasianodon (family Pangasiidae) native to the Mekong Delta, where they are farmed and exported as food fishes; spec. Pangasius bocourti. Also more fully basa fish. Cf. panga n.2 1.
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1997 Saigon Times Daily (Electronic text) 4 Apr. (heading) Vietnam: Company News: Agifish develops basa fish.
2003 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee 23 Nov. (Ticket section) 21/1 Classic Vietnamese and Thai dishes like ‘shaking beef’ and pan-seared basa start to arrive at your table.
2010 News Courier (Athens, Alabama) 24 Oct. 12 a Tra and basa, fish regularly imported from Asia, can't be sold in America as catfish.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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