Phalacronotus
Genus of fishes
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Phalacronotus is a genus of sheatfishes native to Asia
| Phalacronotus | |
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| Metallic sheatfish (Phalacronotus apogon) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Phalacronotus Bleeker, 1857[1] |
| Type species | |
| Silurus phalacronotus Bleeker 1851 | |
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Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Phalacronotus apogon (Bleeker, 1851) (Metallic sheatfish)
- Phalacronotus bleekeri (Günther, 1864) (Bleeker's sheatfish)
- Phalacronotus micronemus (Bleeker, 1846)
- Phalacronotus parvanalis (Inger & Chin, 1959)
As food
Sheatfishes are some of the catfish species known in Thailand as Pla nuea on (Thai: ปลาเนื้ออ่อน), some of the most highly valued fish kinds in Thai cuisine.[3]
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