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Scientific Name Oreoglanis macroptera  (Vinciguerra, 1890)
Common Name
Type Locality Khahyen Hills, Upper Myanmar.
Synonym(s) Euchiloglanis macropterus, Exostoma macropterum, Glyptosternum macropterum, Oreoglanis macropterum
Etymology Greek, oreos = mountain+Greek, glanis = Latin 
Down Species Information
Size 60mm or 2.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification A key to the species of the genus Oreoglanis is found HERE.

Lower lip lacking a median notch and having an entire posterior margin. Caudal fin emarginate. Male genital papilla immediately behind the anus in a depression terminating posteriorly with a straight transverse wall.
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Distribution Asia: Myanmar and China.
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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
Down Husbandry Information
Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
Down Further Information
Reference Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 2) v. 9, pp 253, Pl. 8 (fig. 5).
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Last Update 2019 Oct 09 04:51 (species record created: 2006 Apr 23 00:00)