Hemisilurus

Hemisilurus is a genus of sheatfishes native to Southeast Asia.

Hemisilurus
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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Species

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

• Hemisilurus heterorhynchus (Bleeker, 1854)
• Hemisilurus mekongensis Bornbusch & Lundberg, 1989
• Hemisilurus moolenburghi Weber & de Beaufort, 1913

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]