Oreoglanis heteropogon Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng, 2009
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Oreoglanis heteropogon is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in the Salween River drainage in western Thailand, which was discovered by Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng and H.H. Ng in 2009.
Wikipedia contributors, Oreoglanis heteropogon; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:26:35.330815+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Oreoglanis heteropogon Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng, 2009
- Name authority
- Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng, 2009
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Sisoridae
- Genus
- Oreoglanis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familySisoridae Bleeker, 1858
- subfamilyGlyptosterninae Gill, 1861
- genusOreoglanis Smith, 1933
- speciesOreoglanis heteropogon Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng, 2009
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Oreoglanis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Oreoglanis laciniosa Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng, 2009 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oreoglanis frenata Ng & Rainboth, 2001 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oreoglanis jingdongensis Kong, Chen & Yang, 2007 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oreoglanis delacouri (Pellegrin, 1936) | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oreoglanis tenuicauda Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng, 2009 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oreoglanis setigera Ng & Rainboth, 2001 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oreoglanis infulata Ng & Freyhof, 2001 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oreoglanis nakasathiani Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng, 2009 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oreoglanis insignis Ng & Rainboth, 2001 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oreoglanis sudarai Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng, 2009 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oreoglanis pangenensis Sinha & Tamang, 2015 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oreoglanis brevicula Ng & Kottelat, 2024 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Vidthayanon, C., Saenjundaeng, P., & Ng, H. H. (2009). Eight new species of the torrent catfish genus Oreoglanis (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Thailand. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat., 20. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6T4H3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.