Hemibagrus menoda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Bagridae
Genus: Hemibagrus
Species: Hemibagrus menoda

Name

Hemibagrus menoda (Hamilton, 1822)

Originally no types known.
Neotype: UMMZ 208726.
- Neotype designated by Ng & Ferraris (2000).

Type locality: Sharighat bazaar, 35 km North-East of Sylhet on Sylhet–Shillong highway, said to be from Shari River, Bangladesh; figure in erroneously labelled Mugil corsula; [original Kosi River, Mahanandu River, and other rivers in north of Behar and Bengal, India].

Synonyms

Pimelodus menoda Hamilton, 1822
- Macrones menoda (Hamilton, 1822) -- Günther, 1864
- Mystus menoda (Hamilton, 1822) -- Shaw & Shebbeare, 1937
- Mystus (Mystus) menoda (Hamilton, 1822) -- Jayaram, 1954 (in part)
- Mystus menoda menoda (Hamilton, 1822) -- Jayaram, 1977 (in part)
Bagrus trachacanthus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840
- Macrones trachacanthus (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Günther, 1864
- Mystus (Mystus) menoda trachacanthus (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Jayaram, 1954
- Mystus menoda trachacanthus (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Jayaram, 1977
- Mystus trachacanthus (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Mo, 1991
Bagrus corsula Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840
- Macrones corsula (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Day, 1869
- Mystus corsula (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Qureshi, 1965
Pimelodus telgagra Day, 1871
Mystus (Mystus) punctatus (Jerdon, 1849) -- Jayaram, 1954 (in part)
Mystus peguensis (non Boulenger, 1894) -- Mamnur Rashid et al., 1997

References

Hamilton, F. 1822. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and Its Branches. Archibald Constable & Co., Hurst, Robinson & Co. Pp. i–vii + 1–405, Pls. 1–39. BHL Reference page.
Ng, H.H. & Ferraris, C. J., Jr. 2000. A review of the genus Hemibagrus in southern Asia, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 52(11): 125–142. BHL
Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. 2013. Revision of the Asian catfish genus Hemibagrus Bleeker, 1862 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Bagridae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(1): 205–291. ResearchGate Reference page.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: গাং টেংরা
English: Menoda catfish