| Oreoglanis vicina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Sisoridae |
| Genus: | Oreoglanis |
| Species: | O. vicina |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreoglanis vicina Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & H. H. Ng, 2009 | |
Oreoglanis vicina is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in the upper reaches of the Nan River drainage, itself a tributary of the Chao Phraya River in northern Thailand which was discovered by Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng and H.H. Ng in 2009.
Size
This species reaches a length of 8.1 cm (3.2 in).
Etymology
The fishes name is Latin for neighboring, referring to close proximity of distribution it shares with Oreoglanis. colurus and Oreoglanis. tenuicauda.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis vicina". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Vidthayanon, C., P. Saenjundaeng and H.H. Ng, 2009. Eight new species of the torrent catfish genus Oreoglanis (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Thailand. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 20(2):127-156.
- 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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