Hemisilurus

Hemisilurus is a genus of sheatfishes native to Southeast Asia.

Hemisilurus
Hemisilurus mekongensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Hemisilurus
Bleeker, 1857[1]
Type species
Wallago heterorhynchus
Bleeker, 1851
Species

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Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Hemisilurus heterorhynchus (Bleeker, 1854)
  • Hemisilurus mekongensis Bornbusch & Lundberg, 1989
  • Hemisilurus moolenburghi Weber & de Beaufort, 1913

Species in this genus have no dorsal fin and only two barbels.[3] Hemisilurus mekongensis, known as Pa nang daeng in the Laotian language (Thai: ปลาดังแดง), is endemic to the Mekong basin.[4]

References
  1. Bleeker P. 1858. De visschen van den Indischen Archipel. Beschreven en toegelicht. Siluri. Acta Soc. Sci. Indo-Neerl. v. 4. i-xii + 1-370
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Hemisilurus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  3. Zoologische Mededelingen, 83 (January 2009) - P. Bleeker: A precursor of the fishes of the Indian Archipelago. Part 1 – Siluri
  4. Hemisilurus mekongensis (Bornbusch & Lundberg, 1989)


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