Oreoglanis tenuicauda
| Oreoglanis tenuicauda | |
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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. tenuicauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreoglanis tenuicauda | |
Oreoglanis tenuicauda is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae only known from the type locality in the upper reaches of the Nan River drainage, itself a tributary of the Chao Phraya 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 9.0 cm (3.5 in).[1]
Etymology
[edit]The fishes name = tenuis, Latin for thin or slender; cauda (L.), tail, referring to slenderer appearance of caudal peduncle compared with congeners in the Nan River drainage of Thailand.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis tenuicauda". 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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