Micronema is a genus of sheatfishes native to the Southeast Asian region.[2]
Micronema | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Siluridae |
Genus: | Micronema Bleeker, 1857[1] |
Type species | |
Silurus hexapterus Bleeker 1851
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Species | |
See text |
Species of the genus Phalacronotus were formerly placed in this genus.[3]
Species
editThere are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Micronema hexapterus (Bleeker, 1851)
- Micronema moorei (Smith, 1945)
- Micronema platypogon (Ng, 2004)
References
edit- ^ Bleeker, P. 1858. De visschen van den Indischen Archipel. Beschreven en toegelicht. Siluri. Acta Soc. Sci. Indo-Neerl. v. 4: i-xii + 1-370.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Micronema". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Synonyms of Phalacronotus bleekeri (Günther, 1864)
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Micronema.
- EOL - Micronema
- Micronema hexapterus (Bleeker, 1851)
- Micronema moorei (Smith, 1945)
- Micronema platypogon (Ng, 2004)