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Scientific Name Creteuchiloglanis arunachalensis  Sinha & Tamang, 2014
Common Name
Type Locality Pange River at Aro-Lenching, a tributary of Brahmaputra River, Ziro, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India, 27°29.160'N, 93°51.952"E, elevation 1600 meters.
Type Locality Notes The reported type locality, 27°29.160'N, 93°51.952"E is equivalent to 27°29'10''N, 93°51'57''E, or 27.486000, 93.865867.
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. 
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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.
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Distribution
Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Jamuna, Brahmaputra, Subansiri, Ranganadi (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 in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Ichthyological Research v. 62 (no. 2), pp [2], Figs. 1, 2a.
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