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Nonn Panitvong (1) Allan James (2) Gareth Savage (1)

Description: Presence of 2 dark saddles on body, at dorsal fin origin and under adipose fin; rest of body usually covered by irregular spots and blotches; distally expanded neural spines, forming a row of low bumps (each with an elongate tubercle) between dorsal and adipose fins; anal fin origin in front of adipose origin. Usually found in foot-hill streams. Occurs under rocks and logs in fairly strong currents in medium and large-sized rivers. Feeds on aquatic insect larvae. 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). Aquarium Care: This is a cool water species of which most of this genera are. A good water flow is also important with high oxygen levels. Other Asian tank mates such as Rasboras, danios, devario's and Puntius species will co-exist fine. Diet: Live foods such as white worms, small earthworms and aquatic insect larvae like bloodworms and similar chironomids, should make up the majority of their weekly diet. They will also accept frozen foods such as bloodworm and also flake and tablet foods.

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Glyptothorax callopterus

Sisoridae

Asia: Chao Phraya, Chanthaburi and Mekong drainages, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Type locality: Chantaboon [Chantabun], Chanthaburi drainage, se. Thailand.

12.0cm(4¾ins)

20-24°c (67-75°f.)

6.5-7.5.

Alfred W. Thomson & Lawrence M. Page; 30 October 2006. Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) (Zootaxa 1345).
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2008. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.  www.fishbase.org, version (10/2008).