Yellow Catfish

Body color brown often with greenish sheen. Fins gray with violet tint. Pectoral fin spines serrated along the inner edge. Base of adipose fin shorter than that of dorsal fin and about equal to that of anal fin. Barbels four pairs; nasal barbels extending to or beyond eyes, maxillary ones in anal fin, mandibulary ones beyond base of pectoral fins, mental ones 2/3 - 3/4 the distance between their base and insertion of pectoral fins (Ref. 4792). Head flattened rather than conical; rugose skull roof; depressed dorsal fin not reaching adipose fin; pectoral fin smooth in front; 9 branched anal rays (Ref. 12693).

Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10 - 13

Occurs in most habitat types, but most frequent in large muddy rivers, with slow current and soft bottom (Ref. 27732). Enters flooded forest (Ref. 9497). Feeds on exogenous insects, aquatic insect larvae, shrimps, other crustaceans and fishes. Moves into flooded forests to spawn and the young are usually first seen in August. In Tonlé Sap (Cambodia), maximum numbers are found as it returns to rivers in November and December. A highly priced aquarium fish. Usually marketed fresh (Ref. 12693). High in nutritive values especially omega-3 fatty acids (EPA, DHA) (Ref. 53337).

fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial

Hemibagrus nemurus is a species of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the genus Hemibagrus in the family Bagridae. After a major review by Ng and Kottelat (2013), its distribution is believed to be confined (endemic) to Java.: 233  It is found in Sumatra in the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in 2016, too. These catfish are found in Malaysia , Indonesia , Java , Sumatra , Borneo and Thailand . In Malaysia and Indonesia , they are called ikan Baung while Malaysian Chinese call these catfish 白须公 or 白叔公 (translated by Cantonese ) which means white whiskered man because of their white whiskers .They are common food fish in Malaysia and Indonesia , they are either steamed or cooked in curry .