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Oreoglanis infulata

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

Oreoglanis infulata is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in central Viet Nam.[1][2]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 10.3 cm (4.1 in).[1]

Etymology

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The fishes name in Latin = Latin for “adorned with the infula” because in the Christian church, either of the two ribbons on a bishop’s miter., meaning, banded, referring to dark band on anal fin.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis infulata". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. ^ Ng, H.H. and J. Freyhof, 2001. Oreoglanis infulatus, a new species of glyptosternine catfish (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from central Vietnam. J. Fish Biol. 59(5):1164-1169.
  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.