Micronema

Short description: Genus of fishes

Micronema

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Siluriformes
Family:  | Siluridae
Genus:  | Micronema
Bleeker, 1857[1]
Type species
Silurus hexapterus

Bleeker 1851

Species

See text

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Micronema in FishBase. February 2012 version.
3. ↑ Synonyms of Phalacronotus bleekeri (Günther, 1864)

## External links

* EOL - Micronema
* Micronema hexapterus (Bleeker, 1851)
* Micronema moorei (Smith, 1945)
* Micronema platypogon (Ng, 2004)

Wikidata ☰ Q23110657 entry

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