Oreoglanis setigera

Oreoglanis setigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Sisoridae
Genus:	Oreoglanis
Species:	O. setigera
Binomial name
	Oreoglanis setigera; H. H. Ng & Rainboth, 2001

Oreoglanis setigera is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae, found in Laos and China.

Size

This species reaches a length of 6.9 cm (2.7 in).

Etymology

The fish's name derives from the Latin seta or saeta (L.), "hair" or "bristle"; -igera (L.), "to have or bear", i.e., "bristly", referring to the laciniate posterior margin of the maxillary barbels.

References

1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis setigera". 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.

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[one-1] 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis setigera". FishBase. February 2015 version.

[2] 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.

[ETYFish-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.