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Glyptothorax quadriocellatus (Mai, 1978)

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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 quadriocellatus: quadri-, from quattuor (L.), four; ocellatus (L.), having little eyes (ocelli) or spots, referring to four white spots on black body (although description indicates there are six: in front of and behind adipose fin, in front of dorsal fin, behind eyes, in front of and behind anal fin).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Glyptosteron minutum, Glyptosternon quadriocellatum, Glyptothorax spectrum

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Red River drainage, China and Vietnam.

Size:

11.5cm. (4½ins)

Temp:

18-23°c (63-73°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

The species is assessed as Data Deficient, due to a lack of information regarding its range, population trends, or direct threats, but needs 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).
Huckstorf, V. 2012. Glyptothorax quadriocellatus (errata version published in 2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012.
Kottelat, M., 2001. Freshwater fishes of northern Vietnam. A preliminary check-list of the fishes known or expected to occur in northern Vietnam with comments on systematics and nomenclature. Environment and Social Development Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region. The World Bank. 123 p.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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