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Tuisi River, Mizoram, India
Habitat in Tuisi River, Mizoram, India
Sala River, Mizoram, India

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Scientific Name	**Olyra saginata** Ng, Lalramliana & Lalthanzara, 2014
Common Name
Type Locality	Koladan [Kolodyne] River system, Palak River in the vicinity of Phurra Village, Mizoram, northeastern India, 22°03'15"N, 92°54'04"E.
Pronunciation	oh LIE rah
Etymology	Olyra: From the Greek olyra, meaning a kind of grain (probably rye); probably in allusion to the shape of the fish. The specific name saginata comes from the Latin verb sagino, meaning to fatten, cram or to feast, in allusion to the relatively deep body of this species compared to all other congeners from the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent.
Species Information
Identification	The bagrid catfish genus Olyra is known from the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. It is also known from localities southwards to the Manimalai River in southwestern India and eastwards to the Mae Klong River drainage in western Thailand. The genus is a supported monophyletic group diagnosed by the following combination of external characters: anguilliform body; unossified first and second dorsal-fin elements; and greatly enlarged upper caudal-fin lobe.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Known from the Palak, Sala and Tuisi rivers (all tributaries of the Kaladan River) in Mizoram, northeastern India. Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Furniture	The type specimens were collected from a shallow stream with a moderate to strong current and a substrate of sand, pebble and rocks.
Suggested Tankmates	As an indicator, other fish species associated with O.saginata include Badis spp., Rasbora rasbora, Garra spp, Glyptothorax chimtuipuiensis, G. caudimaculatus and Pseudolaguvia nubila.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Zootaxa 3821 (no. 2), pp 266, Figs. 1-3.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 11:55 (species record created: 2014 Jun 20 19:11)