Oreoglanis macroptera
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Oreoglanis macroptera is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in Myanmar and China.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.
Size
This species reaches a length of {{convert|6.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Oreoglanis |species= macroptera| month = February | year = 2015}}
Etymology
The fishes name means = macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; ptera, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), fin, referring to its large pectoral fins, which extend far beyond the belly and the dorsal-fin base.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/sisoridae/ | title = Family SISORIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Hillstream Catfishes) | access-date= 7 January 2025 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
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Category:Taxa named by Decio Vinciguerra
Category:Fish described in 1890
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