Phalacronotus

Phalacronotus is a genus of sheatfishes native to Asia

Species

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

• Phalacronotus apogon (Bleeker, 1851) (Metallic sheatfish)
• Phalacronotus bleekeri (Günther, 1864) (Bleeker's sheatfish)
• Phalacronotus micronemus (Bleeker, 1846)
• Phalacronotus parvanalis (Inger & Chin, 1959)

As food

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]

Phalacronotus bleekeri at the market in Chiang Rai, Thailand

See also

• List of Thai ingredients

References