Hemibagrus
| 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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Hemibagrusis agenusofcatfishes(orderSiluriformes) of thefamilyBagridae.
The genusHemibagrusis known fromSoutheast Asia,India,and southernChina.[1]Members of this genus are found ubiquitously in river drainages east of theGanges-Brahmaputrabasin and south of theYangtzebasin, and reach their greatest diversity inSundaland.[2]
This genus consists of large-sized catfishes.[2]H. wyckioidesis the largest Bagrid catfish in centralIndochinaand may reach 80 kilograms.[3]It includes species with depressed (flattened) heads, rugose (ridged or wrinkled) head shields not covered by skin, and moderately longadipose fins.[2]
In Southeast Asia,Hemibagrusspecies are an important source of animal protein.[3]
The extinct species,H. major,[4][5]is a fossil species from aMiocenelake fauna from what is now Ban Nong Pia,PhetchabunProvince ofThailand.
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 camthuyensisV. H. Nguyễn,2005
- Hemibagrus caveatusH. H. Ng,Wirjoatmodjo&Hadiaty,2001
- Hemibagrus centralusĐ. Y. Mai,1978
- Hemibagrus chiemhoaensisV. H. Nguyễn,2005
- Hemibagrus chrysopsH. H. Ng&Dodson,1999
- Hemibagrus divaricatusH. H. Ng&Kottelat,2013[7]
- Hemibagrus dongbacensisV. H. Nguyễn,2005
- Hemibagrus filamentus(P. W. Fang& Chaux, 1949)
- Hemibagrus fortis(Popta,1904)
- Hemibagrus furcatusH. H. Ng,Martin-Smith&P. K. L. Ng,2000
- Hemibagrus gracilisP. K. L. Ng&H. H. Ng,1995
- Hemibagrus guttatus(Lacépède,1803)
- Hemibagrus hainanensis(T. L. Tchang,1935)
- Hemibagrus hoevenii(Bleeker,1846)
- Hemibagrus hongusĐ. Y. Mai,1978
- Hemibagrus imbriferH. H. Ng&Ferraris,2000
- Hemibagrus johorensis(Herre,1940)
- Hemibagrus lacustrinusH. H. Ng&Kottelat,2013[7]
- Hemibagrus macropterusBleeker,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 semotusH. H. Ng&Kottelat,2013[7]
- Hemibagrus songdaensisV. H. Nguyễn,2005
- Hemibagrus spilopterusH. H. Ng&Rainboth,1999
- Hemibagrus taybacensisV. H. Nguyễn,2005
- Hemibagrus variegatusH. H. Ng&Ferraris,2000
- Hemibagrus veloxH. H. Tan&H. H. Ng,2000
- Hemibagrus vietnamicusĐ. 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 fromthe original(PDF)on 2007-06-17.
- ^abcNg, 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 fromthe original(PDF)on 2007-06-17.Retrieved2007-06-17.
- ^abNg, Heok Hee; Rainboth, Walter J. (1999)."The Bagrid Catfish GenusHemibagrus(Teleostei: Siluriformes) in Central Indochina with a New Species from the Mekong River "(PDF).The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.47(2): 555–576. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2007-06-17.Retrieved2007-06-17.
- ^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 ofHemibagrusinFishBase.February 2013 version.
- ^abcdNg, 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.
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