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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There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
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]
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