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Glyptothorax longicauda Li, 1984

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Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations (1) BMNH (1)

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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).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Irrawaddy drainage, Yunnan, China. Type locality: Tengchong (Irrawaddy drainage), Yunnan, China.

Size:

19.0cm. (7½ins)

Temp:

18-23°c (63-73°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

Reference:

Alfred W. Thomson & Lawrence M. Page; 30 October 2006. Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) (Zootaxa 1345).
"BMNH 1987.9.17.13 Glyptothorax longicauda" - Glyptothorax longicauda Li, 1984 collected in China by The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.

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Glyptothorax longicauda

Glyptothorax longicauda
BMNH 1987.9.17.13

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