SCOTCAT.COM

your internet guide to all things catfish

Glyptothorax burmanicus Prashad & Mukerji, 1929

Image contributors to this species:

Zhou Hang (1)

ScotCat Sources:

Other Sources:

Relevant Information:

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 burmanicus: –icus (L.), belonging to: Upper Burma (now Myanmar), where type locality (Sankha stream, Myitkyina District) is situated.

Common Name:

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:

25.0cm (10ins)

Temp:

18-24°c (63-75°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Although the current population and its trends are unknown for Glyptothorax burmanicus, current indications from field surveys are that this species is still relatively widespread and abundant. Therefore, this species is assessed as Least Concern here, but does need updating, (IUCN 2010).

Reference:

Alfred W. Thomson & Lawrence M. Page; 30 October 2006. Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) (Zootaxa 1345).
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Ng, H.H. 2010. Glyptothorax burmanicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

Family: Sisoridae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Glyptothorax burmanicus

If you would like to contribute to the monthly factsheets with an article, information or photos, please e-mail me. You will of course be credited for your work.

If you would like to donate any denomination of monies to the site just click the above link button. All proceeds will go to running the site and hopefully to keep it going for a few years yet.