Hemiarius
| Hemiarius | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Hemiarus stormii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariinae |
| Genus: | Hemiarius Bleeker, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Cephalocassis stormii Bleeker, 1858 | |
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. Five described species are in this genus:
- Hemiarius dioctes (Kailola, 2000) (warrior catfish)
- Hemiarius harmandi Sauvage, 1880
- Hemiarius sona (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Sona sea-catfish)
- Hemiarius stormii (Bleeker, 1858) (armoured sea-catfish)
- Hemiarius verrucosus (H. H. Ng, 2003)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Hemiarius in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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