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Oreoglanis heteropogon

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Oreoglanis heteropogon
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis heteropogon". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. 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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