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Erethistes koladynensis Anganthoibi & Vishwanath, 2009

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Erithistes koladynensis is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: rough (vs. smooth or serrated) anterior margin of dorsal spine; longer head (36.0-38.3% SL vs. 24.8-34.2) and post-adipose distance (18.6-21.9% SL vs. 12.3-18.3); deeper body (21.9-25.2% SL vs. 11.5-20.9) and shorter preanal length (58.5-60.9% SL vs. 63.2-75.2). Aquarium Care: A tank with a sandy bottom and rounded stones and pebbles with a good water flow as befits an Asian hillstream setup. Good water quality is a must for this family. Keep the water temperature on the cool side of a tropical aquarium. Tank mates such as mediam sized barbs will make good tankmates. Diet: Prefers live foods such as bloodworm, grindle worm, white worm and daphnia. Etymology: Erithistes, Etymology not explained, presumably erethizon, porcupine and–istes, adjectival suffix, i.e., porcupine-like, referring to strong and serrated dorsal and pectoral-fin spines. The species epithet koladynensis is named after the Koladyne River, Mizoram, India, its type locality. Remarks: Collected in the Kolodyne river, Mizoram, India by Dr. Lalramliana, Assistant Professor of Department of Zoology, Pachhunga University College, Mizoram. This species is still listed as Hara koladynensis in Fishbase and a few other online sources but this name is treated as a synomyn in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Hara koladynensis

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: India. Presently known from Koladyne River at Mizoram.

Size:

6.5cm. (2½ins)

Temp:

18-24°C (63 -75°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

Anganthoibi, N. and W. Vishwanath, 2009. A new catfish, Hara koladynensis from northeastern India (Siluriformes: Erethistidae). J. Threatened Taxa 1(9):466-470.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version.
The ETYFish Project. Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Erethistes koladynensis

Erethistes koladynensis
Holotype from MUMF (Manipur University Museum of Fishes)

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