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Tremeuchiloglanis macrotrema (Norman 1925)

Image contributors to this species:

Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations (2)

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Description: Similar looking to Barbeuchiloglanis feae which is found in the Yunnan Province. Habitat: Occurs in running water in hill brooks. Etymology: The genus name Tremeuchiloglanis: trëma, hole or opening, referring to larger gill opening compared with Chimarrichthys, Creteuchiloglanis and Pareuchiloglanis; Euchiloglanis (=Chimarrichthys), a generic name used for a group of Glyptosterninae. The specific name macrotrema: macro-, from makrós, long or large; trëma, hole, referring to larger gill opening compared with Barbeuchiloglanis feae, its presumed congener at the time. Remarks: Still found on some online searches as Pareuchiloglanis macrotrema.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Euchiloglanis macrotrema, Euchiloglanis kamengensis, Pareuchiloglanis macrotrema

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Red River drainage, Vietnam. Type locality: Ngoi-Tio, Col des Nuages, Tonkin, Vietnam, elev. 4500–6500 ft.

Size:

16.0cm. (6¼ins)

Temp:

18-24°c (64-75°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Pareuchiloglanis (Tremeuchiloglanis) macrotrema has been assessed as Data Deficient, due to a lack of information regarding species' taxonomy, range, population trends, or direct threats to this species, but it does need updating, (IUCN 2012).

Reference:

Alfred W. Thomson & Lawrence M. Page; 30 October 2006. Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) (Zootaxa 1345).
Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations vol3; p131.
He, S., 1996. The phylogeny of the glyptosternoid fishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes, Sisoridae). Cybium 20(2):115-159.
Huckstorf, V. 2012. Pareuchiloglanis (Tremeuchiloglanis) macrotrema. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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