Hemibagrus semotus Ng & Kottelat, 2013
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Hemibagrus semotus is a species of bagrid catfish found in the Padas River drainage and the shorter coastal rivers which drain the west face of the Crocker Range in northern Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia. This species reaches a length of 19.9 cm (7.8 in).
Wikipedia contributors, Hemibagrus semotus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:45:41.733187+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hemibagrus semotus Ng & Kottelat, 2013
- Name authority
- Ng & Kottelat, 2013
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Bagridae
- Genus
- Hemibagrus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyBagridae Bleeker, 1858
- genusHemibagrus Bleeker, 1862
- speciesHemibagrus semotus Ng & Kottelat, 2013
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hemibagrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hemibagrus bongan (Popta, 1904) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibagrus centralus Mai, 1978 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibagrus chrysops Ng & Dodson, 1999 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibagrus divaricatus Ng & Kottelat, 2013 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibagrus fortis (Popta, 1904) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibagrus furcatus Ng, Martin-Smith & Ng, 2000 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibagrus gracilis Ng & Ng, 1995 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibagrus guttatus (Lacepède, 1803) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibagrus hainanensis (Tchang, 1935) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibagrus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1846) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibagrus lacustrinus Ng & Kottelat, 2013 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibagrus microphthalmus (Day, 1877) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Ng, H. H., & Kottelat, M. (2013). Revision of the Asian catfish genus Hemibagrus Bleeker, 1862 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Bagridae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6LNRD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.