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Rahul Kumar (1) Sayyadzadeh et al (1) Beta Mahatvaraj (1)

Described by K.C. Gopi in 2007. Habitat: It is endemic to the Western Ghats and only known from the Tunga River from inside the Kudremukh National Park. Although the species was collected from a small water pool formed by stones , it is reasonable to predict that like all sisorid catfishes, G. kudremukhensis may also occur in microhabitats connected with torrential streams. Etymology: The specific name kudremukhensis: –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Kudremukh National Park, Western Ghats, India, type locality. Remarks: Glyptothorax kudremukhensis is assessed as Critically Endangered as it known only from a single location: the Muduba area in the upstreams of Tunga River inside the Kudremukh National Park, Karnataka with an area of occupancy less than 10 km². Although it occurs within a protected area, its habitat is located in a degraded forest and is under threat from sedimentation. G. kudremukhensis was possibly threatened by iron ore mining in Kudremukh National Park, although this has now stopped. The species is currently threatened by sedimentation of its habitat (Sandeep et al. 2010). IUCN categorises the species as critically endangered.

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Sisoridae

Asia: Muduba area in the upstreams of Tunga River inside the Kudremukh National Park, Karnataka, India.

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18-24°c (63-75°f.)

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The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
www.iucnredlist.org