Oreoglanis macroptera

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

Oreoglanis macroptera is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in Myanmar and China. [1] [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 6.5 cm (2.6 in). [1]

Etymology

The fishes name means = macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; ptera, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), fin, referring to its large pectoral fins, which extend far beyond the belly and the dorsal-fin base. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis macroptera". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  2. Ng, H.H. and W.J. Rainboth, 2001. A review of the sisorid catfish genus Oreoglanis (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) with descriptions of four new species. Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (732):1-34.
  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.