Biology:Oreoglanis colurus

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Oreoglanis colurus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Oreoglanis
Species:
O. colurus
Binomial name
Oreoglanis colurus
Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & H. H. Ng, 2009

Oreoglanis colurus is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae, found 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

This species reaches a length of 6.2 cm (2.4 in).[1]

Etymology

The fish's name derives from kólouros (Gr. κόλουρος), "bob-" or "stump-tailed", referring to its short caudal peduncle.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Oreoglanis colurus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Family SISORIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Hillstream Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. https://www.etyfish.org/sisoridae/. 

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