Hemibagrus

Hemibagrus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Bagridae.

The genus Hemibagrus is known from Southeast Asia, India, and southern China.

[1] Members of this genus are found ubiquitously in river drainages east of the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin and south of the Yangtze basin, and reach their greatest diversity in Sundaland.

[2] H. wyckioides is the largest Bagrid catfish in central Indochina and may reach 80 kilograms.

[2] In Southeast Asia, Hemibagrus species are an important source of animal protein.