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Oreoglanis majuscula

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Species of catfish

Oreoglanis majuscula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Oreoglanis
Species: O. majuscula
Binomial name
Oreoglanis majuscula
Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2011

Oreoglanis majuscula is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae, found in the Kameng River in Arunachal Pradesh state, Brahmaputra drainage, India.

Size

This species reaches a length of 7.6 cm (3.0 in).

Etymology

The fishes name is Latin for somewhat greater, referring to its large paired fins.

References

  1. Linthoingambi, I.; Vishwanath, W. (2011). "Oreoglanis majusculus, a new glyptosternine catfish from Arunachal Pradesh, India (Teleostei: Sisoridae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2754: 60–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2754.1.5.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis majuscula". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. Ng, Heok Hee; Rainboth, Walter J. (2001). "A review of the sisorid catfish genus Oreoglanis (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) with descriptions of four new species". Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (732): 1–34. hdl:2027.42/57168.
  4. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Oreoglanis majuscula


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