Glyptothorax laosensis • Sisoridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Glyptothorax laosensis** Fowler, 1934
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Bua Yai, e. Thailand.
Pronunciation	Gleep toe thor axe
Etymology	The generic name comes from the Greek glyptos, meaning carved, and thorax, meaning breastplate (or the part of the body covered by it), in reference to the folds of skin comprising the thoracic adhesive apparatus.
Species Information
Size	108mm (4.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Sisorid catfishes of the genus Glyptothorax Blyth are benthic inhabitants of torrential waters of rivers and streams in montane and submontane parts of tropical Asia. The members of the genus are adapted to attach themselves to rocks and boulders against strong currents by means of a thoracic adhesive apparatus comprising grooves and folded pleats of skin parallel or oblique to the longitudinal axis of the body. The genus has a wide distribution, ranging from Turkey and Syria in the west, to India and China in the east, and extending further southeastward to Indonesia. With 84 nominal species, Glyptothorax are the most speciose genus of catfishes in Asia (Eschmeyer et al., 1998, Ng, 2005); 67 species were treated as valid by Thomson & Page (2006). Blackish body; a yellowish stripe along the middle of the side and one along the dorsal mid-line; head and body smooth, covered by small tubercles, all more or less of same size; usually a black bar or almost entirely black on anal fin.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins. Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there) Thailand Waters, Chao Praya (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	18.0-23.0°C or 64.4-73.4°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Feeds on aquatic insect larvae.
Furniture	Inhabits flowing waters of small and medium-sized streams. Found over coarse substrates and in small upland streams with alternating pools, waterfalls and rapids.
Breeding	Unreported in captivity.
Further Information
References	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 86 88 Figs. 28-30
Registered Keepers	(1) amiidae. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2011 Jan 21 02:55 (species record created: 2006 Oct 07 01:28)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Glyptothorax laosensis Fowler, 1934

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Bua Yai, e. Thailand.

Pronunciation

Gleep toe thor axe

Etymology

The generic name comes from the Greek glyptos, meaning carved, and thorax, meaning breastplate (or the part of the body covered by it), in reference to the folds of skin comprising the thoracic adhesive apparatus.

Species Information

Size

108mm (4.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Sisorid catfishes of the genus Glyptothorax Blyth are benthic inhabitants of torrential waters of rivers and streams in montane and submontane parts of tropical Asia. The members of the genus are adapted to attach themselves to rocks and boulders against strong currents by means of a thoracic adhesive apparatus comprising grooves and folded pleats of skin parallel or oblique to the longitudinal axis of the body. The genus has a wide distribution, ranging from Turkey and Syria in the west, to India and China in the east, and extending further southeastward to Indonesia. With 84 nominal species, Glyptothorax are the most speciose genus of catfishes in Asia (Eschmeyer et al., 1998, Ng, 2005); 67 species were treated as valid by Thomson & Page (2006).

Blackish body; a yellowish stripe along the middle of the side and one along the dorsal mid-line; head and body smooth, covered by small tubercles, all more or less of same size; usually a black bar or almost entirely black on anal fin.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins.
Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Thailand Waters, Chao Praya (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Temperature

18.0-23.0°C or 64.4-73.4°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Feeds on aquatic insect larvae.

Furniture

Inhabits flowing waters of small and medium-sized streams. Found over coarse substrates and in small upland streams with alternating pools, waterfalls and rapids.

Breeding

Unreported in captivity.

Further Information

References

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 86 88 Figs. 28-30

Registered Keepers

(1) amiidae.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.