Myersglanis blythii • Sisoridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Myersglanis blythii** (Day, 1870)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Pharping, Nepal
Synonym(s)	Exostoma blythii
Pronunciation	my errs glah niss - bl eye th eye
Species Information
Size	73mm (2.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Myersglanis are small sized and greatly flattened sisorid fishes in which the dorsal profile rises steadily up to the base of the dorsal fin thereafter nearly straight.Head and anterior part greatly depressed and the tail compressed from side to side. Rayed dorsal fin inserted above half of pectoral fin,nearer to tip of snout than to the caudal base.No spine.Adipose fin long,low and confluent with the caudal. Myersglanis blythii can be identified by a pectoral fin with 10 branched rays and the caudal fin with 15-16 branched rays. The anal fin origin is equidistant from the pelvic fin origin and the caudal fin base. The adipose fin is confluent with the caudal fin.
Sexing	Not known.
General Remarks	This species has been exported a few times.
Habitat Information
Distribution	India & Nepal. Indian waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Nepal Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indian waters, Bengal Waters, West Bengal Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Other Parameters	The fish pictured was collected from water with a temperature of 12.2°C and a pH of 8.2.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Not known.
Furniture	Fine sand for the bottom and smooth pebbles / rocks.
Compatibility	Not known.
Suggested Tankmates	Cyprinids like Barilius and Danios and Balitorine loaches like Homaloptera species. Other species collected with Myersglanis blythii include Schizothorax richardsoni, Schistura inglisi, Aborithys elongatus,Neolissochilus hexagonolepis,Tor tor and Pseudecheneis sulcatus.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	The Freshwater Fishes Of The Indian Region (2nd Edition),K.C.Jayaram
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2011 Jan 27 07:35 (species record created: 2010 Dec 08 13:32)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Myersglanis blythii (Day, 1870)

None

Pharping, Nepal

Exostoma blythii

my errs glah niss - bl eye th eye

Species Information

Size

73mm (2.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Myersglanis are small sized and greatly flattened sisorid fishes in which the dorsal profile rises steadily up to the base of the dorsal fin thereafter nearly straight.Head and anterior part greatly depressed and the tail compressed from side to side. Rayed dorsal fin inserted above half of pectoral fin,nearer to tip of snout than to the caudal base.No spine.Adipose fin long,low and confluent with the caudal.

Myersglanis blythii can be identified by a pectoral fin with 10 branched rays and the caudal fin with 15-16 branched rays. The anal fin origin is equidistant from the pelvic fin origin and the caudal fin base. The adipose fin is confluent with the caudal fin.

Sexing

Not known.

General Remarks

This species has been exported a few times.

Habitat Information

Distribution

India & Nepal.
Indian waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Nepal Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Indian waters, Bengal Waters, West Bengal Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Other Parameters

The fish pictured was collected from water with a temperature of 12.2°C and a pH of 8.2.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Not known.

Furniture

Fine sand for the bottom and smooth pebbles / rocks.

Compatibility

Not known.

Suggested Tankmates

Cyprinids like Barilius and Danios and Balitorine loaches like Homaloptera species. Other species collected with Myersglanis blythii include Schizothorax richardsoni, Schistura inglisi, Aborithys elongatus,Neolissochilus hexagonolepis,Tor tor and Pseudecheneis sulcatus.

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

The Freshwater Fishes Of The Indian Region (2nd Edition),K.C.Jayaram

Registered Keepers

None.

Breeding Reports

None.

Articles