Hemibagrus

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Hemibagrus
Temporal range: Late Miocene–Recent
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Hemibagrus planiceps
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Hemibagrus

Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Bagrus nemurus
Valenciennes, 1840
Species
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Synonyms
  • Macropterobagrus
    Nichols, 1925
  • Brachymystus
    Fowler, 1937

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Hemibagrus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Bagridae.

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

There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus:[6][7]

References

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  6. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Hemibagrus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 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

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