Hemiarius
Appearance
Hemiarius | |
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Hemiarius stormii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Subfamily: | Ariinae |
Genus: | Hemiarius Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Cephalocassis stormii Bleeker, 1858
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Hemiarius is a genus of sea catfishes found in the coastal waters, estuaries, and rivers from South Asia through New Guinea and Australia to Oceania. Four described species are in this genus:
- Hemiarius dioctes (Kailola, 2000) (warrior catfish)
- Hemiarius harmandi Sauvage, 1880
- Hemiarius stormii (Bleeker, 1858) (armoured sea-catfish)
- Hemiarius verrucosus (H. H. Ng, 2003)
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Hemiarius in FishBase. December 2011 version.