Hemiarius

Hemiarius
Hemiarius stormii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Subfamily:	Ariinae
Genus:	Hemiarius Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Cephalocassis stormii Bleeker, 1858

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. Six described species are in this genus:

• Hemiarius bleekeri (Popta, 1900) (Bleeker's catfish)
• Hemiarius hardenbergi (Kailola, 2000)
• Hemiarius harmandi Sauvage, 1880
• Hemiarius stormii (Bleeker, 1858) (armoured sea-catfish)
• Hemiarius sumatranus (Anonymous, referred to E. T. Bennett, 1830) (goat catfish)
• Hemiarius verrucosus (H. H. Ng, 2003) (shovelnose sea catfish)

References

• Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hemiarius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 August 2025.