| Bronze Featherback | |
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| Dried and smoked Pla salat, a Khorat specialty | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Notopteridae |
| Genus: | Notopterus Lacépède, 1800 |
| Species: | N. notopterus |
| Binomial name | |
| Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Notopterus bontianus Valenciennes, 1848 |
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The Bronze Featherback or Notopterus notopterus (Bengali: ফলি, Thai: ปลาสลาด) is a fish in family Notopteridae found in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other regions of Asia. It is the only member of its genus.
This fish appears in a stamp of the Kingdom of Laos.[1]
This fish is popular in Laos and in Thailand as food. It is preserved and prepared in different ways. Nam phrik pla salat pon (น้ำพริกปลาสลาดป่น) is a variety of Nam phrik with minced roasted Pla salat that is eaten along with raw vegetables. It is popular in Khorat.[2]