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Glyptothorax cavia (Hamilton, 1822) |
Image contributors to this species: |
Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations (2) CAFS (2) Abhisek Mishra (4) |
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Relevant Information: |
Habitat: Inhabits sandy or rocky bottoms of springs and is found in mountain rapids. Description: The genus 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). Etymology: Glyptothorax, meaning with a carved breast-plate. The species epithet cavia is presumably a local Bengali name for this species in India. Remarks: Indian aquarist Abhisek Mishra states that bigger specimens have a significant body to weight ratio difference than smaller specimens. As a fish grows longer it also thickens, i.e the girth increases. He also declares that pictures can not do enough justice to the size of this species of Glyptothorax. |
Common Name: |
None |
Synonyms: |
Bagarius cavia, Pimelodus cavia, Glyptosternum cavia, Glyptothorax lineatus, Euglyptosternum lineatum, Glyptothorax burmanicus |
Family: |
Sisoridae |
Distribution: |
Asia: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and China in the Nujiang and Irrawaddy Rivers. |
Size: |
18.5cm. (7½ins) S.L. |
Temp: |
18-24°c (63-75°f.) |
p.H. |
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6.0-7.0. |
Reference: |
Froese,
R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011. FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org,
version. |
Family: Sisoridae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails |
Glyptothorax cavia |
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cavia Showing the round thoracic disk |
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