Oreoglanis insignis

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Oreoglanis insignis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Oreoglanis
Species:
O. insignis
Binomial name
Oreoglanis insignis

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. [1] [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 8.4 cm (3.3 in). [1]

Etymology

The fishes name is Latin for distinguished by marks, referring to the numerous pale-colored patches on its body. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 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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