Oreoglanis lepturus

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

Oreoglanis lepturus is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae, found in Laos. ^{[1] [2]}

Size

This species reaches a length of 9.1 cm (3.6 in). ^[1]

Etymology

The fish's name derives from leptós (Gr. λεπτός), "fine" or "thin"; urus, from ourá (Gr. οὐρά), "tail", referring to its relatively long and slender caudal peduncle. ^[3]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis lepturus". 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.