Oreoglanis hypsiura | |
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Scientific 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
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis hypsiura". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- 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.
- 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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