| Phalacronotus | |
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| Metallic sheatfish ( Phalacronotus apogon ) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Phalacronotus Bleeker, 1857 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Silurus phalacronotus Bleeker 1851 | |
| Species | |
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Phalacronotus is a genus of sheatfishes native to Asia
There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [2]
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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Pieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He was famous for the Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, his monumental work on the fishes of East Asia published between 1862 and 1877.
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Phalacronotus apogon is a species of catfish of the genus Phalacronotus found in Southeast Asia. This species grows to a length of 130 centimetres (51 in) SL.
Pla nuea on may refer to:
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