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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). Etymology: The specific name buchanani: This species of Glyptothorax was named in honour of A. R. Buchanan, of the Borneo Co.Ltd., who in 1935, made a small but valuable collection of fishes from certain rivers of N.Thailand, from which collections had not previously been made.

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.

6.5-7.5.

IUCN Red List

This species is assessed as Data Deficient due to the lack of information concerning its population size and trends, distribution, biology and potential threats, but does need updating, (IUCN 2012).

Reference:

Alfred W. Thomson & Lawrence M. Page; 30 October 2006. Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) (Zootaxa 1345).
Kottelat, M., 1989. Zoogeography of the fishes from Indochinese inland waters with an annotated check-list. Bull. Zoöl. Mus. Univ. Amsterdam 12(1):1-55.
Ng, H.H. 2012. Glyptothorax buchanani. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012.
Sisoridae Glyptothorax buchanani" - Glyptothorax buchanani Smith, 1945 collected in Thailand by Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology. Creative Commons.

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Glyptothorax buchanani

Glyptothorax buchanani

Glyptothorax buchanani
Dorsal view

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