Hara (fish)

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Hara
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Hara hara
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Erethistidae
Genus: Hara
Blyth, 1860
Type species
Pimelodus hara

Hara is a genus of South Asian river catfishes native to South Asia from India to Myanmar. [1]

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

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References

  1. "Hara hara : Aquarium".
  2. Mahapatra, B.K. & Kar, S. (2015): Hara nareshi a new species of catfish (Pisces: Erethistidae) from the Barak River system of Assam, India. Records of the zoological Survey of India, 115: 31-35.