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Sisoridae


Sisoridae
This is the largest family of catfishes in Asia with around 100 species known.

There is an adipose fin present (confluent with caudal in some genera and consisting of a small spine in the elongate Sisor); dorsal fin base short, fin with or without a spine, adhesive apparatus in thoracic region present or absent; four pairs of barbels (however, the monotypic Sisor has one maxillary pair and five pairs on the lower jaw). They are not too well known to aquarists as they are only sporadically exported. The most common being the genus, Gagata, Bagarius and Glyptothorax. Known collectively as "hill stream catfishes" due to many of them being found in fast flowing rivers. The Sisorids vary in body shape and are probably the hardest family for the aquarist to identify.

 

SCIENTIFIC NAMES
Scientific Names
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B
Bagarius bagarius
Bagarius lica
Bagarius rutilus
Bagarius sp. "Salween"
Bagarius suchus
Bagarius vegrandis
 
C
Caelatoglanis zonatus
Chimarrichthys kishinouyei
Conta pectinata
Creteuchiloglanis macropterus
 
E
Erethistes filamentosus
Erethistes hara
Erethistes horai
Erethistes jerdoni
Erethistes koladynensis
Erethistes longissimus
Erethistes mesembrinus
Erethistes minusculus
Erethistes pusillus
Erethistoides infuscatus
Erethistoides sicula
Euchiloglanis nami
Exostoma labiatum
 
G
Gagata cenia
Gagata dolichonema
Gagata gagata
Gagata itchkeea
Gagata melanopterus
Gagata sexualis
Glyptosternon reticulatum
Glyptothorax anamalaiensis
Glyptothorax botius
Glyptothorax buchanani
Glyptothorax burmanicus
Glyptothorax callopterus (now a synonym of G. fuscus)
Glyptothorax cavia
Glyptothorax cf. sinensis
Glyptothorax clavatus
Glyptothorax cous
Glyptothorax davissinghi
Glyptothorax deqinensis
Glyptothorax dikrongensis
Glyptothorax dorsalis
Glyptothorax elankadensis
Glyptothorax fokiensis
Glyptothorax fuscus
Glyptothorax granulus
Glyptothorax indicus
Glyptothorax interspinalum
Glyptothorax kudremukhensis
Glyptothorax lampris
Glyptothorax laosensis
Glyptothorax lonah
Glyptothorax longicauda
Glyptothorax longjiangensis
Glyptothorax macromaculatus
Glyptothorax malabarensis
Glyptothorax medogenis
Glyptothorax pallozonus
Glyptothorax quadriocellatus
Glyptothorax radiolus
Glyptothorax rara
Glyptothorax rugimentum
Glyptothorax schmidti
Glyptothorax siamensis (now a synonym of G. schmidti)
Glyptothorax silviae
Glyptothorax sinensis
Glyptothorax striatus
Glyptothorax telchitta
Glyptothorax trewavasae
Glyptothorax trilineatus
Glyptothorax zanaensis
Gogangra laevis
Gogangra viridescens
 
N
Nangra assamensis
Nangra nangra
 
O
Oreoglanis macroptera
 
P
Parachiloglanis immaculata
Pareuchiloglanis anteanalis
Pareuchiloglanis cf. longicauda
Pareuchiloglanis feae
Pareuchiloglanis macrotrema
Pseudecheneis eddsi
Pseudecheneis paviei
Pseudecheneis sirenica
Pseudecheneis sp. (1)
Pseudecheneis stenura
Pseudecheneis sulcata
Pseudexostoma brachysoma
Pseudexostoma yunnanense
Pseudolaguvia austrina
Pseudolaguvia ferruginea
Pseudolaguvia ferula
Pseudolaguvia flavida
Pseudolaguvia inornata
Pseudolaguvia kapuri
Pseudolaguvia lapillicola
Pseudolaguvia magna
Pseudolaguvia muricata
Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi
Pseudolaguvia shawi
Pseudolaguvia viriosa
 
S
Sisor chennuah
Sisor rabdophorus
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