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Hemiarius stormii (Bleeker, 1858)

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Jian Ruilong (2) Allan James (2) Jorge Garcia (2)

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Description: Differs from other species of family in Laos by having the head wider than deep. Pointed snout with conspicuous inferior mouth. Granulated palatine teeth. Habitat: Occurs in medium to large-sized rivers and feeds mainly on invertebrates and small fishes. Reproduction: In most, if not all species, the male carries the relatively large eggs in its mouth until hatching. Etymology: The specific name stormii: in honour of F .J. P. Storm van‘s Gravesande (1812-1875), Dutch government commissioner of Djambi (also spelled Jambi), Sumatra, who provided type.

Common Name:

Armoured sea catfish

Synonyms:

Cephalocassis stormii, Arius stormii, Tachysurus stormii

Family:

Ariidae

Distribution:

Asia: Thailand to Indonesia. Type locality: Sumatra (Palembang), in flumine Mussi.

Size:

40.0cm. (16ins)

Temp:

12-26°c (61-79°f)

p.H.

7.0-8.5.

IUCN Red List

Although there is no detailed information on the population size and trend of this species, there is currently no evidence that the population is in significant decline; its trend is thus suspected to be stable or declining at a rate that precludes it from being assessed in a threatened category. While there may be localised or regional threats, they are unlikely to affect this species on a range-wide scale. Therefore, Hemiarius stormii is assessed as Least Concern (IUCN 2020).

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2015. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 08/2015 ).
Kottelat, M., 2001. Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. 198 p.
Nelson, Joseph S. 1994. Fishes of the World. Third edition. 600p.
Ng, H.H. 2020. Hemiarius stormii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Hemiarius stormii

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