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Glyptothorax longjiangensis Mo & Chu, 1986 |
Image contributors to this species: |
Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations (2) Zhou Hang (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: Longjiang River, upper trib. of Irrawaddy River, Tengchong Co. (25°00'N, 98°30'E), Yunnan, China. |
Size: |
11.0cm. (4¼ins) |
Temp: |
18-24°c (63-75°f.) |
p.H. |
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6.0-7.0. |
Reference: |
Alfred W. Thomson & Lawrence M. Page; 30 October 2006. Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) (Zootaxa 1345). |
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Glyptothorax longjiangensis |
 Glyptothorax
longjiangensisShowing the longitudinal corrugated thoracic disk |
 Glyptothorax
longjiangensis |
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