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| Scientific Name | Creteuchiloglanis arunachalensis Sinha & Tamang, 2014 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Pange River at Aro-Lenching, a tributary of Brahmaputra River, Ziro, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India, 27°29.160'N, 93°51.952"E, elevation 1600 meters. |
| Type Locality Notes | The reported type locality, 27°29.160'N, 93°51.952"E is equivalent to 27°29'10''N, 93°51'57''E, or 27.486000, 93.865867. |
| Etymology | Formed from the Latin prefix cret-, meaning to separate/distinguish, in combination with the generic name Euchiloglanis, alluding to features shared with, as well as distinguishing from, Euchiloglanis and Pareuchiloglanis. Gender masculine. |
| Species Information | |
| Identification | Creteuchiloglanis is distributed in the upper Mekong River (Lancang-Jiang) basin west to the Brahmaputra River basin and is distinguished from Pareuchiloglanis by a unique combination of characteristics involving the form of the connection of the lower lip to the maxillary barbel, premaxillary tooth patches, and the morphology of the dilator, operculi, sternohyoideus, and adductor pelvicalis superficialis muscles. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Jamuna, Brahmaputra, Subansiri, Ranganadi (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Ichthyological Research v. 62 (no. 2), pp [2], Figs. 1, 2a. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:27 (species record created: 2019 Feb 06 16:41) |