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Oreoglanis lepturus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Sisoridae
Genus:	Oreoglanis
Species:	O. lepturus
Binomial name
Oreoglanis lepturus H. H. Ng & Rainboth, 2001

Oreoglanis lepturus is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in Laos.

Size

This species reaches a length of 9.1 cm (3.6 in).

Etymology

The fishes name = leptós (Gr. λεπτός), fine or thin; urus, from ourá (Gr. οὐρά), tail, referring to relatively long and slender caudal peduncle.

References

1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreoglanis lepturus". 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.
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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