Micronema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Micronema
Bleeker, 1857[1]
Type species
Silurus hexapterus
Bleeker 1851
Species

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Micronema is a genus of sheatfishes native to the Southeast Asian region.[2]

Species of the genus Phalacronotus were formerly placed in this genus.[3]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Micronema hexapterus (Bleeker, 1851)
  • Micronema moorei (Smith, 1945)
  • Micronema platypogon (Ng, 2004)

References

  1. ↑ Bleeker, P. 1858. De visschen van den Indischen Archipel. Beschreven en toegelicht. Siluri. Acta Soc. Sci. Indo-Neerl. v. 4: i-xii + 1-370.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Micronema in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  3. ↑ Synonyms of Phalacronotus bleekeri (Günther, 1864)
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