Oreoglanis suraswadii
| Oreoglanis suraswadii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Sisoridae |
| Genus: | Oreoglanis |
| Species: | O. suraswadii
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreoglanis suraswadii | |
Oreoglanis suraswadii is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in the Nam Ruak River drainage, a western tributary of the Mekong River in northern Thailand which was discovered by Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng and H.H. Ng in 2009.[1] [2]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 7.3 cm (2.9 in).[1]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Plodprasop Suraswadi (b. 1945), the former Director General of the Department of Fisheries in Thailand, who initiated the fisheries development and conservation program at the type locality; the Doi Tung Royal Project Area, Chiang Rai province, Thailand.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis suraswadii". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Vidthayanon, C., P. Saenjundaeng and H.H. Ng, 2009. Eight new species of the torrent catfish genus Oreoglanis (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Thailand. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 20(2):127-156.
- ^ 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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