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Glyptothorax dihangensis, A New Sisorid Catfish, (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, North-Eastern India

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A new sisorid catfish, Glyptothorax dihangensis, is described from the Brahmaputra River drainage in Arunachal Pradesh, North-east India. It is distinguished from its congeners in having a combination of the following characters: a rhomboid shaped thoracic adhesive apparatus, with a cone type median depression without striae and widely openes posteriorly; unculiferous ridges of adhesive apparatus not extending anteriorly onto gular region; presence of plicae on ventral surfaces of first pectoral and pelvic fins rays, maxillary barbel almost reaching posterior end of the pectoral f in; outer mandible barbel reaching pectoral fin; presence of three pale cream longitudinal stripes on dorsal, lateral and ventral sides of the body; tuberculated body.

Source: Records of the Zoological Survey of India

DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v125/i2s/2025/172957

Authors: Yilbong Yirang, Subhra Singh, Asha Kiran Tudu, Shubham Kashyap, Tage Tajo, Sourabh Debbarma

Institutions: Central Agricultural University, Zoological Survey of India, Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University, Sage (United Kingdom), Tamil Nadu Dr. J Jayalalitha Fisheries University

Language: English

Topic: Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Subfield: Aquatic Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4414512304

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