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Oreoglanis tenuicauda

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Oreoglanis tenuicauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Oreoglanis
Species: O. tenuicauda
Binomial name
Oreoglanis tenuicauda
Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & H. H. Ng, 2009

Oreoglanis tenuicauda is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae only known from the type locality 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 9.0 cm (3.5 in).

Etymology

The fishes name = tenuis, Latin for thin or slender; cauda (L.), tail, referring to slenderer appearance of caudal peduncle compared with congeners in the Nan River drainage of Thailand.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis tenuicauda". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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