Micronema

This article is about the fish genus. For the nematode, see Halicephalobus gingivalis. For the plant, see Micromeria.

Micronema is a genus of sheatfishes native to the Southeast Asian region.^[2]

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

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)