Hexanematichthys is a genus of sea catfishes consisting of three species. Two species occur in the coastal waters in the region of South Asia to Australasia and the third, H. henni, is found in fresh waters in tropical South America.
Hexanematichthys | |
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Hexanematichthys sagor | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Subfamily: | Ariinae |
Genus: | Hexanematichthys Bleeker, 1858 |
Type species | |
Bagrus sondaicus as a junior synonym of Pimelodus sagor Valenciennes, 1840
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Species
edit- Hexanematichthys henni Fisher & C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
- Hexanematichthys mastersi (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Master's catfish)
- Hexanematichthys sagor (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Sagor catfish)
References
edit- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Hexanematichthys in FishBase. December 2011 version.