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Beta Mahatvaraj (2) KU Natural History Museum (1) Abhisek Mishra (2)

Habitat: Recorded from the ganges-brahmaputra system in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, It forms a unique clade along with Glyptothorax rugimentum, Glyptothorax obliquimaculatus, and Glyptothorax dikrongensis within the genus Glyptothorax as the unculiferous ridges of the TAA extends into the gular region as is evident in the picture below (Mishra, A. 2025). Aquarium Care: Maintaining them in the home aquarium needs utmost precision as they are sensitive to water parameter changes and cannot tolerate dissolved organic debris (Mishra, A. 2025). Etymology: The specific name indicus: –icus (L.), belonging to: presumably referring to India (type locality in northern Bengal) or to the Indian subcontinent (also occurs Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan) [replacement name for G. horai Shaw & Shebbeare 1936, secondarily preoccupied by G. horai (Fowler 1934)].

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Glyptothorax horai

Sisoridae

Asia: Kosi River, Rihand River and rivers of the Vindhya Mountain range, India, as well as the Punjab and Nepal. Type locality: Streams of Terai, n. Bengal.

11.0cm. (4½ins)

18-23°c (63-73°f.)

6.0-7.5.

Edds, D.R., 2007. Fishes in Nepal: ichthyofaunal surveys in seven nature reserves. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(3):277-287.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version.
Mishra, A. pers comm. 2025.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.