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Glyptothorax lonah (Sykes, 1839)

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Description: Differs from G. annandalei in having a broader caudal peduncle, longer pectoral fins and a more depressed body. Habitat: It occurs in small mountain stream cascades and riffles. Colouration: Greyish above and dirty white below. A white streak is evident along the lateral line and the bases of the fins have dark patches in their distal portions. Etymology: The specific name lonah: Marathi vernacular for this species in India, which, as Sykes explained in 1841, he adopted “so that naturalists who travel the country can always obtain” the species.

Common Name:

Mountain Catfish

Synonyms:

Bagrus lonah, Glyptosternum dekkanense

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Deccan, Godavari and Krishna River basins, India. Type locality: Deccan, India.

Size:

12.0cm. (4¾ins)

Temp:

18-24°c (63-75°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Glyptothorax lonah is assessed as Least Concern, as although there are threats to some populations it is widely distributed in the Western Ghats and peninsular India and not believed to be at threat of extinction, but does need updating, (IUCN 2011).

Reference:

Ali, A. & Raghavan, R. 2011. Glyptothorax lonah. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Jayaram. K.C. 2006, Catfishes of India. Narendera Publishing House. 383p.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Glyptothorax lonah

Glyptothorax lonah
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Glyptothorax lonah

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