Phalacronotus

Genus of fishes

Phalacronotus
Metallic sheatfish (Phalacronotus apogon)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Phalacronotus
Bleeker, 1857[1]
Type species
Silurus phalacronotus
Bleeker 1851
Species

See text

Phalacronotus is a genus of sheatfishes native to Asia

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]

Phalacronotus bleekeri at the market in Chiang Rai, Thailand

See also

References

  1. ^ Phalacronotus Acta Soc. Sci. Ind.-Ned., 4, 302.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Phalacronotus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  3. ^ 14 Thai Fishes and their preparation styles

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phalacronotus.
  • WORMS - Phalacronotus
  • EOL - Phalacronotus
  • Phalacronotus bleekeri (Günther, 1864)
  • Phalacronotus apogon (Bleeker, 1851)
  • Zipcodezoo
  • Pla Nua On
Taxon identifiers
Phalacronotus


  • v
  • t
  • e