/siluriformes/sisoridae/creteuchiloglanis/kamengensis/1.jpg "Creteuchiloglanis kamengensis")
Paratype/siluriformes/sisoridae/creteuchiloglanis/kamengensis/2.jpg "Creteuchiloglanis kamengensis")
Close-up of head
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| Scientific Name | Creteuchiloglanis kamengensis (Jayaram, 1966) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Norgum River at Kalaktang, Kameng Frontier Division, Nefa, elevation 1372 meters. |
| Synonym(s) | Euchiloglanis kamengensis, Pareuchiloglanis kamengensis |
| 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 | Asia: Arunachal Pradesh India. Also in Tibet. Indian waters, Arunachal Pradesh State Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Data Deficient , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Journal of the Zoological Society of India v. 15 (no. 1)[for 1963], pp 85, Fig. 1. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.20.651.740 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:27 (species record created: 2007 Feb 19 20:26) |