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Creteuchiloglanis macropterus (Ng, 2004)

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Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations (2)

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Description: Vertebrae: 41 - 42. Differs from its congeners by the following unique combination of characters: prepelvic length 37.0-42.2% SL; length of adipose-fin base 31.8-37.0% SL (dorsal-fin base 3.3-3.5 times in adipose-fin base); caudal peduncle length 17.6-20.0% SL; caudal peduncle depth 6.8-7.4% SL (2.4-3.0 times in caudal peduncle length); body depth at anus 9.5-12.6% SL; snout length 50.3-56.5% HL; interorbital distance 24.6-30.2% HL; vertebrae 41-42; pectoral fin reaching to pelvic-fin origin; ventral limit of gill opening to level of third or fourth pectoral-fin element; posterior base of adipose fin notched and separate from caudal fin; and presence of pale patches on body. Etymology: The genus name Creteuchiloglanis: cret-, from cretus (L). separated or distinguished, referring to features shared with, as well as distinguished from, Euchiloglanis (=Chimarrichthys) and Pareuchiloglanis. The specific name macropterus: Large-finned, from makrós, long or large, and pterus, from pterón, fin, referring to its long adipose fin.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Euchiloglanis kamengensis, Pareuchiloglanis kamengensis, Pareuchiloglanis macropterus

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Salween River (Nujiang) and Irrawaddy River drainages in southern China.

Size:

18.0cm. (7ins)

Temp:

18-24°c (64-75°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Pareuchiloglanis (Creteuchiloglanis) macropterus is known from the Nujiang (Upper Salween) and Longchuanjiang (Upper Irrawaddy) drainages in Yunnan, China. There is insufficient information on the distribution, population (and its trends), and biology of this species for an accurate assessment. This species is therefore assessed as Data Deficient, but needs updating, (IUCN 2010).

Reference:

Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations vol2 p154.
Ng, H.H., 2004. Two new glyptosternine catfishes (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Vietnam and China. Zootaxa 428:1-12.
Ng, H.H. 2010. Pareuchiloglanis macropterus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Creteuchiloglanis macropterus

Creteuchiloglanis macropterus
Ventral view

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