Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 3 - 4; Vertebrae: 40 - 41. Lower lip lacking a median notch and having a posterior margin with laciniate projections. Lunate caudal fin with elongate, strap-like, lower principal ray in mature males. Straight gill slit. Nasal barbel reaching about 1/4 of the distance to the eye. Maxillary barbel with rounded tip. Sides of body below adipose fin without pale elliptical patch. Male genital papilla immediately behind anus in a narrow longitudinal groove (Ref. 44353). Plain body; caudal peduncle 7-10 times longer than deep (Ref. 43281).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Sisoridae

Genus: Oreoglanis

Species: Oreoglanis delacouri (Pellegrin, 1936)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic