Oreoglanis suraswadii

Oreoglanis suraswadii is a species of catfish in the family Sisoridae found in the Nam Ruak River drainage, a western tributary of the Mekong River in northern Thailand which was discovered by Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng and H.H. Ng in 2009.^{[1] [2]}

Oreoglanis suraswadii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Sisoridae
Genus:	Oreoglanis
Species:	O. suraswadii
Binomial name
Oreoglanis suraswadii Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & H. H. Ng, 2009

Size

This species reaches a length of 7.3 cm (2.9 in).^[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Plodprasop Suraswadi (b. 1945), the former Director General of the Department of Fisheries in Thailand, who initiated the fisheries development and conservation program at the type locality; the Doi Tung Royal Project Area, Chiang Rai province, Thailand.^[3]