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Glyptothorax buchanani Smith, 1945 |
Image contributors to this species: |
Nonn Panitvong (1) Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology (2) |
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Relevant Information: |
Holotype: USNM 117754. Paratypes: MCZ 37287 [ex USNM 119824] (1), USNM 119824 (2, now 1). Description: 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). |
Common Name: |
None |
Synonyms: |
None |
Family: |
Sisoridae |
Distribution: |
Asia: Chao Phraya basin, Thailand. Type locality: Metum, small swift affluent of the Mechem, trib. of Meping [Chao Phraya drainage], n. Thailand. |
Size: |
7.0cm. (2¾ins) |
Temp: |
20-24°c (67-75°f.) |
p.H. |
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6.5-7.5. |
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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Glyptothorax buchanani |
 Glyptothorax
buchanani |
 Glyptothorax
buchananiDorsal view |
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