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Oreoglanis hypsiura

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Fish species

Oreoglanis hypsiura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Oreoglanis
Species: O. hypsiura
Binomial name
Oreoglanis hypsiura
H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 1999

Oreoglanis hypsiura is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in Mekong basin in Laos.

Size

This species reaches a length of 13.8 cm (5.4 in).

Etymology

The fishes name means = high-tailed, from hypsēlós (Gr. ὑψηλός), high, and ourá (Gr. οὐρά), tail, referring to relatively deeper caudal peduncle compared to Oreoglanis delacouri.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis hypsiura". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. Ng, H.H. and W.J. Rainboth, 2001. A review of the sisorid catfish genus Oreoglanis (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) with descriptions of four new species. Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (732):1-34.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family SISORIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Hillstream Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 January 2025.


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