Oreoglanis majuscula
Appearance
Oreoglanis majuscula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Sisoridae |
Genus: | Oreoglanis |
Species: | O. majuscula
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Binomial name | |
Oreoglanis majuscula Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2011
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Oreoglanis majuscula is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae, found in the Kameng River in Arunachal Pradesh state, Brahmaputra drainage, India.[1][2][3]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 7.6 cm (3.0 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fishes name is Latin for somewhat greater, referring to its large paired fins.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Linthoingambi, I.; Vishwanath, W. (2011). "Oreoglanis majusculus, a new glyptosternine catfish from Arunachal Pradesh, India (Teleostei: Sisoridae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2754: 60–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2754.1.5.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis majuscula". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Ng, Heok Hee; Rainboth, Walter J. (2001). "A review of the sisorid catfish genus Oreoglanis (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) with descriptions of four new species". Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (732): 1–34. hdl:2027.42/57168.
- ^ 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.