title: Phalacronotus
text: # Phalacronotus
  
  Phalacronotus is a genus of sheatfishes native to Asia
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
  
  * 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.
  
  * Phalacronotus bleekeri at the market in Chiang Rai, Thailand
  