Hemiarius

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. Six described species are in this genus:

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderSiluriformes
FamilyAriidae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Specimen records: 2
Family: Ariidae
Collections: MNHN, MAGNT
Recorded in: Vietnam, Indonesia

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Ariidae
Image: Cephalocassis stormii.jpg

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Hemiarius
topic's main category: Category:Hemiarius

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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. Six described species are in this genus: Hemiarius bleekeri (Popta, 1900) (Bleeker's catfish) Hemiarius hardenbergi (Kailola, 2000) Hemiarius harmandi Sauvage, 1880 Hemiarius stormii (Bleeker, 1858) (armoured sea-catfish) Hemiarius sumatranus (Anonymous, referred to E. T. Bennett, 1830) (goat catfish) Hemiarius verrucosus (H. H. Ng, 2003) (shovelnose sea catfish)

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