Oreoglanis vicina

Oreoglanis vicina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Sisoridae
Genus:	Oreoglanis
Species:	O. vicina
Binomial name
	Oreoglanis vicina; Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & H. H. Ng, 2009

Oreoglanis vicina is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae. It is found in the upper reaches of the Nan River drainage, a tributary of the Chao Phraya River in northern Thailand, where it was first discovered by Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng and H.H. Ng in 2009.

Size

This species reaches a length of 8.1 cm (3.2 in).

Etymology

The fish['s name is Latin for "neighboring", referring to the close proximity of distribution it shares with Oreoglanis. colurus and Oreoglanis. tenuicauda.

References

1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis vicina". FishBase. February 2015 version.
↑ 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.
↑ 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 vicina". 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.

[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.