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Scientific Name Glyptothorax honghensis  Li, 1984
Common Name
Type Locality Hekou [town], Weishan [town], Nanjian [town], Hong River [= Yuan River?] basin, Yunnan Province, China.
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. 
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Size 88mm or 3.5" 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).
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Distribution Asia: northeastern Laos, Red River basin in Viet Nam and Yunnan.
Red River (Asia) (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2010.
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Breeding Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Journal of Yunnan University 1984 (no. 3), pp 66.
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Last Update 2019 Oct 08 11:24 (species record created: 2005 Nov 16 00:00)