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Glyptothorax sinensis (Regan, 1908)

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Zhou Hang (1) Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations (1) Drake Shaw (4)

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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 sinensis: –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sinica (China), the first Chinese Glyptothorax to be described.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Glyptothorax sinense sinense, Glyptosternum sinense, Glyptothorax manipurensis

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Irrawaddy and Yangtze drainages, Myanmar and China. Type locality: Tunting [Tungting] [Yangtze drainage], China.

Size:

11.0cm. (4¼ins)

Temp:

22-25°c (71-77°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

IUCN Red List

G. sinensis has been assessed as Data Deficient, as the species range throughout the Yangtzee River basin is not well known, and there are potential threats to the species, but needs updating, (IUCN 2009).

Reference:

Devi, R. & Boguskaya, N. 2009. Glyptothorax sinensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009.
Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, i-xxii + 543-1158, 1 pl.
Thomson, A.W. and L.M. Page, 2006. Genera of the Asian catfish families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Zootaxa 1345:1-96.

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Glyptothorax sinensis

Glyptothorax sinensis

Glyptothorax sinensis
Ventral view

Glyptothorax sinensis
Head view

Glyptothorax sinensis

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