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Description: Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 11; Vertebrae: 50. Has unique combination of the following characters: length of caudal peduncle 20.2% SL, length of adipose-fin base 30.8% SL, eye diameter 23.1% HL, interorbital distance 28.6% HL, 21 gill rakers, 50 vertebrae (24 postanal) and a variegated brown body with the sensory pores not readily visible. Aquarium Care: As with most of the genus, H. variegatus can become a pretty nasty character in your fish tanks and if housed with other fish can be lethal. Cichlids such as the Pikes from the Crenichla genus that can look after themselves would be the best bet for other tankmates. If kept with other fish they will have to be able to look after themselves. Diet: Whilst this catfish is best described as a predator/carnivore in its natural habitat feedings of fish, insects, shrimps and other crustaceans, in captivity this catfish will feed on mussels, prawns, pieces of fish, earthworms and will even take prepared foods such as catfish pellets. Etymology: The genus name Hemibagrus: Hemi- half; bagrus- from 'bagre', a South American name for a catfish, but is only used for African and Asian species. The specific name variegatus: variegated, i.e., of different colours, referring to the irregular dark-brown markings on sides. Remarks: Very rare in imports.

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Bagridae

Asia: Myanmar (Tenasserim river drainage in the south).

12.0cm. (4¾ins)

22-28°C (71-83°F)

6.5-7.2.

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2018. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 07/2018 ).
Ng, H.H. and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. 2000 A review of the genus Hemibagrus in Southern Asia, with descriptions of two new species. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 52(11):125-142.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.