Hemibagrus

Taxobox
name = "Hemibagrus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Bagridae
genus = "Hemibagrus"
genus_authority = Bleeker, 1862
type_species = "Bagrus nemurus"
type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1840
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="H. baramensis"
"H. bongan"
"H. caveatus"
"H. centralus"
"H. chrysops"
"H. filamentus"
"H. fortis"
"H. furcatus"
"H. gracilis"
"H. guttatus"
"H. hainanensis"
"H. hoevenii"
"H. hongus"
"H. imbrifer"
"H. johorensis"
"H. macropterus"
"H. major" †
"H. maydelli"
"H. menoda"
"H. microphthalmus"
"H. nemurus"
"H. olyroides"
"H. peguensis"
"H. planiceps"
"H. pluriradiatus"
"H. punctatus"
"H. sabanus"
"H. spilopterus"
"H. variegatus"
"H. velox"
"H. vietnamicus"
"H. wyckii"
"H. wyckioides"
synonyms =
*"Macropterobagrus"
Nichols, 1925
*"Brachymystus"
Fowler, 1937

"Hemibagrus" is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Bagridae.

The genus "Hemibagrus" is known from Southeast Asia, India, and southern China. [cite journal|url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/43/43rbz133-142.pdf|title="Hemibagrus gracilis", a New Species of Large Riverine Catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from Peninsular Malaysia|first=Peter K. L.|last=Ng|coauthors=Ng, H. H.|journal=The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology|year=1995|volume=43|issue=1|pages=133–142|format=PDF] 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.

This genus consists of large-sized catfishes.cite journal|url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/47/47rbz045-057.pdf|title=Morphological and Genetic Descriptions of a New Species of Catfish, "Hemibagrus chrysops", from Sarawak, East Malaysia, with an Assessment of Phylogenetic Relationships (Teleostei: Bagridae|journal=The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology|first=Heok Hee|last=Ng|coauthors=Dodson, Julian J.|year=1999|volume=47|issue=1|pages=45–57|format=PDF] "H. wyckioides" is the largest Bagrid catfish in central Indochina and may reach 80 kilograms. It includes species with depressed (flattened) heads, rugose (ridged or wrinkled) head shields not covered by skin, and moderately long adipose fins.

In Southeast Asia, "Hemibagrus" species are an important source of animal protein.cite journal|url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/47/47rbz555-576.pdf|title=The Bagrid Catfish Genus "Hemibagrus" (Teleostei: Siluriformes) in Central Indochina with a New Species from the Mekong River|first=Heok Hee|last=Ng|coauthors=Rainboth, Walter, J.|journal=The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology|year=1999|volume=47|issue=2|pages=555–576|format=PDF]

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