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Glyptothorax dihangensis Yirang & Singh, 2025 |
| Family: | Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes), subfamily: Sisorinae | |||
| Max. size: | 9.4 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: India. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-6; Anal soft rays: 8-9. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: 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; plicae on ventral surfaces of first pectoral and pelvic fins rays present, maxillary barbel almost reaching posterior end of the pectoral fin; outer mandible barbel reaching pectoral fin; three pale cream longitudinal stripes on dorsal present; lateral and ventral sides of the body; tuberculated body; head length 23.8, 24.7% SL; post adipose distance 12.0, 12.9% SL; nasal barbel length 19.2, 21.6% HL; slender caudal peduncle 7.0, 7.4 % SL; height of anal fin 16.4, 17.3 % SL; caudal peduncle 19.9, 20.5 % SL; body depth at dorsal-fin origin 15.4, 15.7 % SL; and caudal fin length 32.0, 32.6 % SL (Ref. 138115). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||