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Glyptothorax deqinensis Mo & Chu, 1986

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Zhou Hang (1) Tingbing Zhu (1)

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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 deqinensis: –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Dequin County, Yunnan Province, China, type locality.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Nujiang River in Yunnan Province, China. Type locality: Upper part of Lancangjiang, Mekong River, Dequin Co.

Size:

13.0cm. (5¼ins)

Temp:

18-24°c (63-75°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

This species is found in the main channel and tributaries of upper Lancang Jiang basin (Deqin, Weixi and Lanping Counties) Yunnan, China. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 13,044 km2. The building of planned cascade dams across the Lancang Jiang main stream will have catastrophic impacts on the species given its benthic habits. There are 3-10 locations based on this threat. It is likely sensitive to water quality and so water pollution is another key threat. There are inferred continuing declines in habitat based on these threats. Therefore, it is assessed as Vulnerable, (IUCN 2023).

Reference:

Alfred W. Thomson & Lawrence M. Page; 30 October 2006. Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) (Zootaxa 1345).
Cao, L. & Chen, X.-Y. 2023. Glyptothorax deqinensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2023 ).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
Wu, Y. and C. Wu, 1992. The fishes of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Sichuan Publishing House of Science & Technology, Chengdu, China. 599 p.

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Glyptothorax deqinensis

Glyptothorax deqinensis
China, Lancang River

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