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Scientific Name	**Glyptothorax annandalei** Hora, 1923
Common Name
Type Locality	Nierolay stream, Bhavani River, at the base of Nilgiri Hills, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Pronunciation	Gleep toe thor axe - annan dale i
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. Named after Dr Nelson Annandale, the founder Director of the Zoological Survey of India.
Species Information
Size	115mm or 4.5" 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). Glyptothorax annandalei can be differentiated from congeners by having tuberculated skin, an adhesive apparatus as long as broad and a body with three transverse white bands. The paired fins are not plaited below ventrally.
Sexing	Not known.
General Remarks	It is very likely that this species has not been exported for the trade as yet but general care will be very similar to that of other Glyptothorax species.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: India and Nepal and Tibet. Indian waters, Western Ghats Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2010.
Other Parameters	The water should be cool and heavily oxygenated with a good flow as these fish occur in hill streams. Anything above 25 C will hamper long term survival as these fish tend to burn away at higher temperatures.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Is known to take only live food like blood worms, frozen brine shrimp etc. Spot feeding will help in case tank mates are voracious feeders. User data.
Furniture	Fine sand for the bottom and smooth pebbles / rocks.
Compatibility	A peaceful species suitable for a hillstream biotope.
Suggested Tankmates	Cyprinids like Barilius and Danios and Balitorine loaches like Homaloptera species.Other fish collected with G.annandalei include Travancoria jonesii,Mesonemacheilus herrei,Barilus Sp., and a Garra sp.
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 25 (pt 1), pp 14, Pl. 1 (fig. 3).
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Last Update	2020 Oct 28 15:14 (species record created: 2010 Jan 30 06:23)