Oreoglanis immaculata
Appearance
Oreoglanis immaculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Sisoridae |
Genus: | Oreoglanis |
Species: | O. immaculata
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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
[edit]This species reaches a length of 6.9 cm (2.7 in).[1]
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis immaculata". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.