Micronema Bleeker [P.] 1858:255, 257, 298 Neut. Silurus hexapterus Bleeker 1851. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858: 26 et seq., 255, 257, 298 and misspelled once on p. 32 as Mircronema [ref. 365]. Type in 1857, ref. 6220, is by monotypy. See van Oijen et al. 2009:262 [ref. 30423]. •Synonym of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1858 -- (Haig 1952:106 [ref. 12607], Roberts 1989:145 [ref. 6439]). •Synonym of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1858 based on placement of the type species -- (Parenti & Lim 2005:190 [ref. 28285]). •Valid as Micronema Bleeker 1858 -- (Ferraris 2007:371 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:234 [ref. 32989] dated to 1857:203, Zhang et al. 2016:179 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Micronema Bleeker 1858. Siluridae.