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Glyptothorax sinensis (Regan, 1908) |
Image contributors to this species: |
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). |
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. |
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6.5-7.5. |
Reference: |
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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