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| Scientific Name | Creteuchiloglanis macropterus (Ng, 2004) |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Ca. 5 km to Liuku on Yongping-Liuku road, 25°50 |
| Synonym(s) | Euchiloglanis kamengensis, Pareuchiloglanis kamengensis, Pareuchiloglanis macropterus |
| 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. From Greek Makros meaning large, and pteron meaning fin, in reference to the long adipose fin on this species. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 176mm (6.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| 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.
Differs from its congeners by the following unique combination of characters: prepelvic length 37.0-42.2% SL; length of adipose-fin base 31.8-37.0% SL (dorsal-fin base 3.3-3.5 times in adipose-fin base); caudal peduncle length 17.6-20.0% SL; caudal peduncle depth 6.8-7.4% SL (2.4-3.0 times in caudal peduncle length); body depth at anus 9.5-12.6% SL; snout length 50.3-56.5% HL; interorbital distance 24.6-30.2% HL; vertebrae 41-42; pectoral fin reaching to pelvic-fin origin; ventral limit of gill opening to level of third or fourth pectoral-fin element; posterior base of adipose fin notched and separate from caudal fin; and presence of pale patches on body. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Known from Salween River (Nuijang) and Irrawaddy River drainages in southern China. Salween (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Myanmar Waters, Irrawaddy (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Zootaxa 3 Fig. 1 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/zt00428.pdf A New Genus of Glyptosternine Catfish (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) with Descriptions of Two New Species from Yunnan, China Wei Zhou, Xu Li, and Alfred W. Thomson. |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Nov 30 13:15 (species record created: 2004 Nov 20 00:00) |
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