''Hemibagrus nemurus'' is a

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catfish Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, ...

es (

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Siluriformes) of the

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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. Members of this genus are found ubiquitously in river drainages east of the G ...

in the

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Bagridae The Bagridae are a family of catfish that are native to Africa ('' Bagrus'') and Asia (all other genera) from Japan to Borneo. It includes about 245 species. These fish are commonly known as naked catfishes or bagrid catfishes. Many large bagrid ...

. After a major review by Ng and Kottelat (2013), its distribution is believed to be confined (

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

) to

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...

.. 2013. "Revision of the Asian catfish genus ''Hemibagrus'' Bleeker, 1862 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Bagridae)." ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'
2013 61(1): 205–291.
It is found in

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

in the

Bukit Tigapuluh National Park Bukit Tigapuluh National Park (also called ''Bukit Tiga Puluh'' and ''Bukit Tigapulah'') - ''The Thirty Hills'' - is a 143,223 hectare National Park in eastern Sumatra, consisting primarily of tropical lowland forest, largely in Riau province, wit ...

in 2016, too. These catfish are found in Malaysia , Indonesia , Java , Sumatra , Borneo and Thailand . In Malaysia and Indonesia , they are called ikan Baung while Malaysian Chinese call these catfish 白须公 or 白叔公 (translated by Cantonese ) which means white whiskered man because of their white whiskers .They are common food fish in Malaysia and Indonesia , they are either steamed or cooked in curry .https://fzs.org/files/7315/1460/0461/FZS-Ikan-Air-Tawar-Ekosistem-Bukit-Tigapuluh.pdf P. 57

References

External links

* IUCN Red List:
''Hemibagrus nemurus''
accessed 15/XII/2017 * Planet Catfish
''Hemibagrus nemurus''
accessed 15/XII/2017 Fish of Indonesia Bagridae Fish described in 1840 {{Bagridae-stub