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Glyptothorax indicus Talwar, 1991

Image contributors to this species:

Beta Mahatvaraj (2) KU Natural History Museum (1)

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Relevant Information:

Habitat: Occurs only in fast-flowing streams. Prefers backwater of quiet eddies. Collected in a large river with high, turbid monsoon flow and with diverse substrate consisting of sand, mud, gravel, pebble, cobble, and boulders.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Glyptothorax horai

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Kosi River, Rihand River and rivers of the Vindhya Mountain range, India, as well as the Punjab and Nepal. Type locality: Streams of Terai, n. Bengal.

Size:

11.0cm. (4½ins)

Temp:

18-23°c (63-73°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Edds, D.R., 2007. Fishes in Nepal: ichthyofaunal surveys in seven nature reserves. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(3):277-287.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version.

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Glyptothorax indicus

Glyptothorax indicus
Head view

Glyptothorax indicus
Nepal

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