Hemibagrus Bleeker [P.] 1862:9, Pls. 69-72 Masc. Bagrus nemurus Valenciennes 1840. Type by original designation. Dates to text p. 9 published in part 6 (26 Nov. 1982) and Pls. 69-72 published in part 6; text p. 54 published in part 7 (27 Jan. 1863). Appeared as name only in Bleeker 1862:393 [ref. 391]. Placed on the Official List, Opinion 2011. •Synonym of Mystus Scopoli 1777 -- (Roberts 1989:120 [ref. 6439], Gao in Pan et al. 1991:312 [ref. 23876], Zheng in Chu et al. 1999:68 [ref. 24534]). •Valid as Hemibagrus Bleeker 1862 -- (Mo 1991:132 [ref. 19952], Kottelat & Lim 1995:41 [ref. 23904], Ng & Ng 1995:000 [ref. 21730], Kottelat et al. 1998:565 [ref. 23920], Ng & Dodson 1999:45 [ref. 23894], Ng & Rainboth 1999:555 [ref. 24608], Ng & Ferraris 2000:125 [ref. 25041], Ataur Rahman 2003:219 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:57 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:87 [ref. 29155], Liu et al. 2012:652 [ref. 32220], Ng & Kottelat 2013:208 [ref. 32495], Kottelat 2013:258 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:182 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Hemibagrus Bleeker 1862. Bagridae.