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Oreoglanis suraswadii

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

Oreoglanis suraswadii is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in the Nam Ruak River drainage, a western tributary of the Mekong 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 7.3 cm (2.9 in).[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Plodprasop Suraswadi (b. 1945), the former Director General of the Department of Fisheries in Thailand, who initiated the fisheries development and conservation program at the type locality; the Doi Tung Royal Project Area, Chiang Rai province, Thailand.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis suraswadii". 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. ^ 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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