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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae Sea catfishes
Subfamily: Ariinae
Genus: Hemiarius

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4 species (see list below)
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Western Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm SL
Hemiarius bleekeri (Popta, 1900)

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Hemiarius bleekeri
[Bleeker's catfish]

Photo by WWF / Vidthayanon, C.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Hemiarius harmandi Sauvage, 1880

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Hemiarius harmandi
[]

Photo by Ng, H.H.

Asia
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Hemiarius stormii (Bleeker, 1858)

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Hemiarius stormii
[Armoured sea catfish]
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Max. Length 80 cm TL
 
Hemiarius verrucosus
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Hemiarius bleekeri Bleeker's catfish Western Pacific 17 SL 1900
Hemiarius harmandi Indo-Pacific 12 TL 1880
Hemiarius stormii Armoured sea catfish Asia 50 TL 1858
Hemiarius verrucosus Asia 80 TL 2003



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