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Oreoglanis immaculata

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Oreoglanis immaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Oreoglanis
Species:
O. immaculata
Binomial name
Oreoglanis immaculata

Oreoglanis immaculata is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in the Salween River basin in China.[1][2]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 6.9 cm (2.7 in).[1]

Etymology

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The fishes name in Latin = im-, from in (L.), not; maculata, spotted, referring to the absence of the light-yellow patches below the adipose fin which is an otherwise common feature in this genus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis immaculata". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. ^ Kong, D.P., X.-Y. Chen and J.-X. Yang, 2007. Two new species of the sisorid genus Oreoglanis Smith from Yunnan, China (Teleostei: Sisoridae). J. Environ. Biol. Fish 78(3):223-230.
  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.