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Glyptothorax trilineatus Blyth, 1860

Image contributors to this species:

Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations (1) Zhou Hang (1) Daniel Blom (1) Nonn Panitvong (2) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (1)

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Relevant Information:

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). Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1 - 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 6; Anal soft rays: 13. A white mid-dorsal stripe extending from occiput to base of caudal fin, a narrow whitish axial line on sides from shoulder to base of caudal peduncle. Habitat: Inhabits pool and riffle areas of streams. Found in rapid-running mountain stream. Occurs in the basin-wide tributary of the lower Mekong. Etymology: The specific name trilineatus: tri– (L.), three; lineatus (L.), lined, referring to three longitudinal yellow lines, one along entire ridge of back from occiput to base of tail, the others along the lateral line.

Common Name:

Three-lined catfish

Synonyms:

Glyptosternum trilineatum

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Irrawaddy, Sittang and Salween drainages, India, Myanmar and China. Type locality: Tenasserim [Sittang drainage], Myanmar, [Burma].

Size:

25.0cm. (9¾ins)

Temp:

10-20°c (47-67°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

IUCN Red List

G. trilineatus has been assessed as Least Concern as, despite being reported as rare in parts of the its range, this species has a large distribution and there are no known widespread threats to the species., but needs updating, (IUCN 2009).

Reference:

Alfred W. Thomson & Lawrence M. Page; 30 October 2006. Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) (Zootaxa 1345).
Devi, R. & Boguskaya, N. 2009. Glyptothorax trilineatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2008. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (10/2008).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Glyptothorax trilineatus

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