{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Phalacronotus apogon.jpg | image_caption = Metallic sheatfish (''Phalacronotus apogon'') | taxon = Phalacronotus | authority = Bleeker, 1857<ref>[http://iphylo.org/~rpage/nz/?genus=Phalacronotus Phalacronotus Acta Soc. Sci. Ind.-Ned., 4, 302.]</ref> | type_species = ''Silurus phalacronotus'' | type_species_authority = Bleeker 1851 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}
'''''Phalacronotus''''' is a genus of sheatfishes native to Asia
==Species== There are currently four recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Phalacronotus| month = February | year = 2012}}</ref> *''Phalacronotus apogon'' <small>(Bleeker, 1851)</small> (Metallic sheatfish) *''Phalacronotus bleekeri'' <small>(Günther, 1864)</small> (Bleeker's sheatfish) *''Phalacronotus micronemus'' <small>(Bleeker, 1846)</small> *''Phalacronotus parvanalis'' <small>(Inger & Chin, 1959)</small>
==As food== Sheatfishes are some of the catfish species known in Thailand as ''Pla nuea on'' ({{langx|th|ปลาเนื้ออ่อน}}), some of the most highly valued fish kinds in Thai cuisine.<ref>[http://ediblyasian.info/recipes/thai-fishes-and-their-preparation-styles 14 Thai Fishes and their preparation styles]</ref> {| |- valign="top" |[[File:Pla nuea on32.JPG|thumb|''Phalacronotus bleekeri'' at the market in Chiang Rai, Thailand]] |}
==See also== *List of Thai ingredients
==References== <references/>
==External links== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=297459 WORMS - Phalacronotus] *[http://eol.org/pages/4547116/entries/24909581/overview EOL - Phalacronotus] *[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Phalacronotus-bleekeri.html Phalacronotus bleekeri (Günther, 1864)] *[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=16143 Phalacronotus apogon (Bleeker, 1851)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120127091454/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/K/Kryptopterus%5Fapogon/ Zipcodezoo] *[http://www.foodspotting.com/places/146954-methavalai-sorndaeng-/items/188750-pla-nua-on Pla Nua On]
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Category:Siluridae Category:Fish of Asia Category:Catfish genera Category:Freshwater fish genera Category:Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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