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Glyptothorax trilineatus Blyth, 1860 |
Image contributors to this species: |
Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations (1) Zhou Hang (1) Daniel Blom (1) Nonn Panitvong (2) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (1) |
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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). Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1 - 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 6; Anal soft rays: 13. A white mid-dorsal stripe extending from occiput to base of caudal fin, a narrow whitish axial line on sides from shoulder to base of caudal peduncle. Habitat: Inhabits pool and riffle areas of streams. Found in rapid-running mountain stream. Occurs in the basin-wide tributary of the lower Mekong. |
Common Name: |
Three-lined catfish |
Synonyms: |
Glyptosternum trilineatum |
Family: |
Sisoridae |
Distribution: |
Asia: Irrawaddy, Sittang and Salween drainages, India, Myanmar and China. Type locality: Tenasserim [Sittang drainage], Myanmar, [Burma]. |
Size: |
25.0cm. (9¾ins) |
Temp: |
10-20°c (47-67°f.) |
p.H. |
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6.0-7.2. |
Reference: |
Alfred W. Thomson &
Lawrence M. Page; 30 October 2006. Genera
of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae
(Teleostei: Siluriformes) (Zootaxa 1345). |
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