Oreoglanis delacouri
| Oreoglanis delacouri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Sisoridae |
| Genus: | Oreoglanis |
| Species: | O. delacouri |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreoglanis delacouri (Pellegrin, 1936) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oreoglanis delacouri is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in Laos and China.[1][2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 12.3 cm (4.8 in).[1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of French-American ornithologist Jean Theodore Delacour (1890–1985), who collected the holotype specimen.[3]
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis delacouri". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Ng, H.H. and W.J. Rainboth, 2001. A review of the sisorid catfish genus Oreoglanis (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) with descriptions of four new species. Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (732):1-34.
- ^ 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.