Phalacronotus apogon
Phalacronotus apogon | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Siluridae |
Genus: | Phalacronotus |
Species: | P. apogon
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Binomial name | |
Phalacronotus apogon (Bleeker, 1851)
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Synonyms | |
Silurus apogon[1] |
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.[2]
This fish is common in the murky waters of large rivers in the basins of the Mekong and Chao Phraya, as well as in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
As food[]
In Thailand it is one of the catfish species known in the markets as Pla nuea on (ปลาเนื้ออ่อน), often used for making fish balls. This fish is highly valued in Thai cuisine for its delicate flesh.[3]
Phalacronotus apogon at the market in Bang rak, Bangkok |
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References[]
External links[]
Media related to Phalacronotus apogon at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Siluridae
- Fish of Asia
- Fish of Cambodia
- Fish of Indonesia
- Fish of Laos
- Freshwater fish of Malaysia
- Fish of Thailand
- Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
- Fish described in 1851
- Siluriformes stubs