Hemibagrus Temporal range:
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Hemibagrus planiceps | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Bagridae |
Genus: |
Hemibagrus Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Bagrus nemurus
Valenciennes, 1840
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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.
There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus: [6] [7]
Hemibagrus Temporal range:
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Hemibagrus planiceps | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Bagridae |
Genus: |
Hemibagrus Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Bagrus nemurus
Valenciennes, 1840
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Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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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.
There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus: [6] [7]