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. Four described species are in this genus:
- Hemiarius dioctes (Kailola, 2000) (warrior catfish)
- Hemiarius harmandi Sauvage, 1880
- Hemiarius stormii (Bleeker, 1858) (armoured sea-catfish)
- Hemiarius verrucosus (H. H. Ng, 2003)
| Hemiarius | |
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| Hemiarius stormii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariinae |
| Genus: | Hemiarius Bleeker, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Cephalocassis stormii Bleeker, 1858
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemiarius". FishBase. December 2011 version.
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