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Glyptothorax
burmanicus Prashad & Mukerji, 1929
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contributors to this species: |
Zhou Hang (1)
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Relevant Information: |
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
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None |
Synonyms: |
None |
Family: |
Sisoridae |
Distribution: |
Asia: Irrawaddy
and Salween Rivers. Type locality: Sankha,
a large hillstream, midway between Kamaing and Mogaung, Myitkyina
dist. Burma. |
Size: |
25cm (10ins) |
Temp: |
18-24°c (63-75°f.) |
p.H. |
6.0-7.0. |
Reference: |
Ferraris, C.J. Jr.,
2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types.
Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
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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