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Oreoglanis insignis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Sisoridae
Genus:	Oreoglanis
Species:	O. insignis
Binomial name
Oreoglanis insignis H. H. Ng & Rainboth, 2001

Oreoglanis insignis is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in the upper Irrawaddy and Salween river drainages in northern Myanmar and southwestern China.

Size

This species reaches a length of 8.4 cm (3.3 in).

Etymology

The fishes name is Latin for distinguished by marks, referring to the numerous pale-colored patches on its body.

References

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