''Glyptothorax'' is a genus of catfishes

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Siluriformes of the family Sisoridae. It is the most species-rich and widely distributed genus in the family with new species being discovered on a regular basis. These species are distributed in the Black Sea basin, northern Turkey, south and east to the Yangtze River drainage in

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and south throughout Indo-China to Java, Indonesia. They are found in Asia Minor (in the Tigris and

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drainages) and southwards to Southeast Asia. The genus is very diverse in the Indian subcontinent.

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species tend to have restricted distributions.

Description

This genus is easily distinguished from other sisorids by having an adhesive apparatus on the thorax with grooves parallel or oblique to the longitudinal axis of the body, as opposed to grooves transverse to the longitudinal axis of body or the thoracic adhesive apparatus entirely absent. The dorsal fin and pectoral fins have strong

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s. The dorsal fin spine is smooth or serrate on the front edge and smooth or finely serrated on the posterior edge. The pectoral fin spine is serrated on the front edge. The head is small and depressed and the snout is conical. The body is elongate, from moderately to greatly depressed. The skin is either smooth or tuberculate. The eyes are small and dorsally placed. The lips are thick, fleshy and often papillate. The maxillary barbels have a well-developed membrane and a soft base. The gill openings are wide. The paired fins are plaited and modified to form an adhesive apparatus in some species of ''Glyptothorax''.

Ecology

Like other sisorids, these fish are rheophilic, that is they inhabit fast-flowing streams, where they are adapted to live by using the adhesive apparatus on the underside to attach themselves to rocks and prevent being washed away.

Species

There are currently 104 recognized species in this genus: * '' Glyptothorax alaknandi'' Tilak, 1969 * ''

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, 1918) (Armenian mountain catfish) * '' Glyptothorax ater'' Anganthoibi & Vishwanath, 2011 * '' Glyptothorax botius'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * '' Glyptothorax buchanani'' H. M. Smith, 1945 * '' Glyptothorax burmanicus'' Prashad & Mukerji, 1929 * '' Glyptothorax callopterus'' H. M. Smith, 1945 * '' Glyptothorax caudimaculatus'' Anganthoibi & Vishwanath, 2011 * '' Glyptothorax cavia'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * ''

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'' H. H. Ng & Rainboth, 2008 * '' Glyptothorax cous'' ( Linnaeus, 1766) * '' Glyptothorax cyanochloros'' ( Bleeker, 1847) * '' Glyptothorax davissinghi'' Manimekalan & H. S. Das, 1998 * '' Glyptothorax deqinensis'' T. P. Mo & X. L. Chu, 1986 * '' Glyptothorax dikrongensis'' Tamang & Chaudhry, 2011 * '' Glyptothorax dorsalis'' Vinciguerra, 1890 * '' Glyptothorax elankadensis'' Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013 (Travancore rock catfish) * '' Glyptothorax exodon'' H. H. Ng & Rachmatika, 2005 * '' Glyptothorax filicatus'' H. H. Ng & Freyhof, 2008 * '' Glyptothorax fokiensis'' (

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'' W. S. Jiang, H. H. Ng, J. X. Yang & X. Y. Chen, 2012 * '' Glyptothorax fuscus'' Fowler, 1934 * '' Glyptothorax garhwali'' Tilak, 1969 * '' Glyptothorax gracilis'' ( Günther, 1864) * '' Glyptothorax granosus'' W. S. Jiang, H. H. Ng, J. X. Yang & X. Y. Chen, 2012 * ''

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, 1894) * '' Glyptothorax malabarensis'' K. C. Gopi, 2010 * '' Glyptothorax manipurensis'' Menon, 1955 * '' Glyptothorax mibangi'' Darshan, Dutta, Kachari, Gogoi & D. N. Das, 2015 * '' Glyptothorax minimaculatus'' S. S. Li, 1984 * ''

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& Britz, 2005 * '' Glyptothorax pantherinus'' Anganthoibi & Vishwanath, 2013 * '' Glyptothorax pasighatensis'' Arunkumar, 2016 Arunkumar, L. (2016): ''Glyptothorax pasighatensis'', a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeastern India. ''International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology, 4 (2): 179-185.'' * '' Glyptothorax pectinopterus'' ( McClelland, 1842) * '' Glyptothorax pedunculatus''

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, 1978 * '' Glyptothorax stolickai'' (

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, 1938 * '' Glyptothorax trilineatus''

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'' Rameshori & Vishwanath, 2012 * '' Glyptothorax zanaensis'' X. W. Wu, M. J. He & X. L. Chu, 1981 * '' Glyptothorax zhujiangensis'' Y. H. Lin, 2003

References

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