| Hemisilurus | |
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| Hemisilurus mekongensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Hemisilurus Bleeker, 1857[1] |
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Hemisilurus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Siluridae. It includes three species, all from Southeast Asia.[2]
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]