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Micronema

Genus of fishes

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Micronema is a genus of sheatfishes native to the Southeast Asian region.

01Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

Micronema cheveyi (Durand, 1940)
Micronema hexapterus (Bleeker, 1851)
Micronema platypogon (Ng, 2004)

Synonyms

Micronema moorei (Smith, 1945); valid as M. cheveyi

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