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Oreoglanis heteropogon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Sisoridae |
Genus: | Oreoglanis |
Species: | O. heteropogon |
Binomial name | |
Oreoglanis heteropogon Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & H. H. Ng, 2009 |
Oreoglanis heteropogon is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in the Salween River drainage in western Thailand which was discovered by Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng and H.H. Ng in 2009.
Size
This species reaches a length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in).
Etymology
The fishes name = héteros (Gr. ἕτερος), different; pṓgōn (Gr. πώγων), beard, being the only known similar fish from the Salween River drainage bearing a maxillary barbel with a pointed tip.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis heteropogon". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- 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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