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Glyptothorax anamalaiensis Silas 1952
Image contributors to this species:
Beta Mahatvaraj (6)
ScotCat Sources:
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Relevant Information: Listed In Fishbase as a synonym of G.housei. In some publications with the wrong specie spelling of anamaliensis. Colour: Body dark gray with ventral surface and fins pale. Adipose fin and other fins tipped white. Three white transverse bands are present on body, first below the rayed dorsal fin, second beneath the adipose fin and the third at the base of the caudal fin. A broad transverse band is seen at the bifurcation of the caudal fin whose lobes are tipped white.
Common Name: None
Synonyms: None
Family: Sisoridaecipitidae
Distribution: Asia: Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Type locality: Streams at base of Anamalai Hills, South India.
Size: 6.5cm. SL (2½ins)
Temp: 18-24°c (63-75°f.)
p.H. 6.0-7.0.
Reference: Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Jayaram. K.C. 2006, Catfishes of India. Narendera Publishing House. 383p.




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Family:  Sisoridae

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