Type locality: Metum,
small swift affluent of the Mechem, trib. of Meping [Chao Phraya
drainage], n. Thailand. Holotype: USNM 117754. Paratypes: MCZ
37287 [ex USNM 119824] (1), USNM 119824 (2, now 1). Glyptothorax
is distinguished from all other sisorid genera by having an adhesive
apparatus on the thorax with with grooves parallel or oblique
to the longitudinal axis of the body (vs. thoracic adhesive grooves
transverse to the longitudinal axis of the body in Pseudecheneis,
and thoracic adhesive apparatus absent in all other genera).
Common
Name:
None
Synonyms:
None
Family:
Sisoridaecipitidae
Distribution:
Asia:
Chao Phraya basin, Thailand.
Size:
7cm.
(2¾ins)
Temp:
20-24°c (67-75°f.)
p.H.
6.5-7.5.
Reference:
Alfred W. Thomson
& Lawrence M. Page; 30 October 2006. Genera of the
Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei:
Siluriformes) (Zootaxa 1345)
