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Scientific Name Tremeuchiloglanis rhabdura  (Ng, 2004)
Common Name
Type Locality Cao Bo stream (Bac Trao river) near camp 1, 22°45'18.0''N. 104°52'11.4''E, Vi Xuyen District, Red River (Song Hong) drainage, Ha Giang Province, Vietnam.
Etymology The generic name Tremeuchiloglanis is made from a combination of the Greek prefix Trem- (opening) and Euchiloglanis, a generic name used for a group of Glyptosterninae, alluding to a larger gill opening, as well as distinguishing it from Euchiloglanis(=Chimarrichthys), Creteuchiloglanis and Pareuchiloglanis. Gender: feminine. From the Greek Rhabdos, meaning Rod, and oura, meaing tail, in reference to the slender caudal peduncle of this species. Used as an adjective.
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Size 90mm or 3.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Differs from its congeners chiefly by a slender body (8.7% SL) and caudal peduncle (4.2% SL; 4.2 times in caudal peduncle length), as well as a combination of the following characters: length of adipose-fin base 34.7% SL; dorsal to adipose distance 12.2% SL; caudal peduncle length 17.6% SL; snout length 57.0% HL; interorbital distance 25.5% HL; adipose and caudal fins separate; and ventral limit of gill opening to base of first pectoral-fin element.
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Distribution Asia: Red River drainage in northern Vietnam.
Red River (Asia) (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Zootaxa No. 428, pp 7, Fig. 3.
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Last Update 2023 Apr 03 05:02 (species record created: 2004 Nov 20 00:00)