Hemibagrus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Bagridae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Hemibagrus Bleeker, 1862 |
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| Bagrus nemurus Valenciennes, 1840
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The genus Hemibagrus is known from Southeast Asia, India, and southern China.[1] Members of this genus are found ubiquitously in river drainages east of the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin and south of the Yangtze basin, and reach their greatest diversity in Sundaland.[2]
This genus consists of large-sized catfishes.[2] H. wyckioides is the largest Bagrid catfish in central Indochina and may reach 80 kilograms.[3] It includes species with depressed (flattened) heads, rugose (ridged or wrinkled) head shields not covered by skin, and moderately long adipose fins.[2]
In Southeast Asia, Hemibagrus species are an important source of animal protein.[3]
The extinct species, H. major,[4][5] is a fossil species from a Miocene lake fauna from what is now Ban Nong Pia, Phetchabun Province of Thailand.
Species edit
There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus:[6][7]
- Hemibagrus amemiyai (Sh. Kimura, 1934)
- Hemibagrus baramensis (Regan, 1906)
- Hemibagrus bongan (Popta, 1904)
- Hemibagrus camthuyensis V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
- Hemibagrus caveatus H. H. Ng, Wirjoatmodjo & Hadiaty, 2001
- Hemibagrus centralus Đ. Y. Mai, 1978
- Hemibagrus chiemhoaensis V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
- Hemibagrus chrysops H. H. Ng & Dodson, 1999
- Hemibagrus divaricatus H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2013[7]
- Hemibagrus dongbacensis V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
- Hemibagrus filamentus (P. W. Fang & Chaux, 1949)
- Hemibagrus fortis (Popta, 1904)
- Hemibagrus furcatus H. H. Ng, Martin-Smith & P. K. L. Ng, 2000
- Hemibagrus gracilis P. K. L. Ng & H. H. Ng, 1995
- Hemibagrus guttatus (Lacépède, 1803)
- Hemibagrus hainanensis (T. L. Tchang, 1935)
- Hemibagrus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1846)
- Hemibagrus hongus Đ. Y. Mai, 1978
- Hemibagrus imbrifer H. H. Ng & Ferraris, 2000
- Hemibagrus johorensis (Herre, 1940)
- Hemibagrus lacustrinus H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2013[7]
- Hemibagrus macropterus Bleeker, 1870
- Hemibagrus maydelli (Rössel, 1964)
- Hemibagrus menoda (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Menoda catfish)
- Hemibagrus microphthalmus (F. Day, 1877)
- Hemibagrus nemurus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Yellow catfish)
- Hemibagrus olyroides (T. R. Roberts, 1989)
- Hemibagrus peguensis (Boulenger, 1894)
- Hemibagrus planiceps (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Hemibagrus pluriradiatus (Vaillant, 1892)
- Hemibagrus punctatus (Jerdon, 1849)
- Hemibagrus sabanus (Inger & P. K. Chin, 1959)
- Hemibagrus semotus H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2013[7]
- Hemibagrus songdaensis V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
- Hemibagrus spilopterus H. H. Ng & Rainboth, 1999
- Hemibagrus taybacensis V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
- Hemibagrus variegatus H. H. Ng & Ferraris, 2000
- Hemibagrus velox H. H. Tan & H. H. Ng, 2000
- Hemibagrus vietnamicus Đ. Y. Mai, 1978
- Hemibagrus wyckii (Bleeker, 1858)
- Hemibagrus wyckioides (P. W. Fang & Chaux, 1949)
References edit
- ^ Ng, Peter K. L.; Ng, H. H. (1995). "Hemibagrus gracilis, a New Species of Large Riverine Catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from Peninsular Malaysia" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 43 (1): 133–142. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-17.
- ^ a b c Ng, Heok Hee; Dodson, Julian J. (1999). "Morphological and Genetic Descriptions of a New Species of Catfish, Hemibagrus chrysops, from Sarawak, East Malaysia, with an Assessment of Phylogenetic Relationships (Teleostei: Bagridae" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 47 (1): 45–57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-17. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
- ^ a b Ng, Heok Hee; Rainboth, Walter J. (1999). "The Bagrid Catfish Genus Hemibagrus (Teleostei: Siluriformes) in Central Indochina with a New Species from the Mekong River" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 47 (2): 555–576. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-17. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
- ^ Roberts, Tyler R.; Jumnongthai, Junya (1999). "Miocene fishes from Lake Phetchabun in north-central Thailand, with descriptions of new taxa of Cyprinidae, Pangasiidae, and Chandidae" (PDF). Natural History Bulletin Siam. 47: 153–189.
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hemibagrus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ a b c d Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2013): Revision of the Asian catfish genus Hemibagrus Bleeker, 1862 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Bagridae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61 (1): 205-291.
External links edit
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