Micronema

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Micronema
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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]

Contents

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

Species

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

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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Micronema". FishBase . February 2012 version.
  3. Synonyms of Phalacronotus bleekeri (Günther, 1864)