Hemisilurus
Genus of fishes
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Hemisilurus is a genus of sheatfishes native to Southeast Asia.
| Hemisilurus | |
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| 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]
