Oreoglanis pangenensis Sinha & Tamang, 2015

Family:  Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes), subfamily: Glyptosterninae
Max. size:  7.67 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: currently known only from its type locality at the Pange River, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India (Ref. 103418).
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): -7; Anal soft rays: -5. Diagnosis: distinguished from all its congeners by the presence of 2 (vs. 1) types of projections on the ventroposterior margin of the maxillary barbel: the proximal 3rd with lobulate projections and distal 2/3 with laciniate (vs. only entire margin or only crenulate, laciniate, lobulate, fimbriate, or villiform projections); further diagnosed by the combination of the following characters: lower lip with an entire margin and a distinct median notch, an emarginate caudal fin, a dark brown streak on the outer margin of each caudal-fin lobe, distance between posterior end of pectoral-fin base and pelvic-fin origin 11.5 % SL, caudal peduncle depth 5.3 % SL, dorsal-to-adipose distance 21.1 % SL, interorbital width 25 % HL, anal-fin base 2.9 % SL, upper and lower first principal caudal-fin rays 12.6 and 15.0 % SL, and a rounded maxillary barbel tip (Ref. 103418).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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