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Hemisilurus

Hemisilurus
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Hemisilurus mekongensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Hemisilurus
Bleeker, 1857
Type species
Wallago heterorhynchus
Bleeker, 1851
Binomial name

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Hemisilurus is a genus of sheatfishes native to Southeast Asia.

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

Species in this genus have no dorsal fin and only two barbels.Hemisilurus mekongensis, known as Pa nang daeng in the Laotian language (Thai: ปลาดังแดง), is endemic to the Mekong basin.


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