/siluriformes/sisoridae/glyptothorax/kashmirensis/1.jpg "Glyptothorax kashmirensis")
Dorsal view/siluriformes/sisoridae/glyptothorax/kashmirensis/2.jpg "Glyptothorax kashmirensis")
Ventral view/siluriformes/sisoridae/glyptothorax/kashmirensis/3.jpg "Glyptothorax kashmirensis")
Habitat along Jhelum and Poonch Rivers
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| Scientific Name | Glyptothorax kashmirensis Hora, 1923 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Kashmir Valley, India. |
| Synonym(s) | Glyptothorax conirostris punjabensis, Glyptothorax kasmirensis, Glyptothorax naziri |
| 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 | 117mm or 4.6" 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). |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: India, Pakistan and Nepal. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Critically Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Other Parameters | Shafi, N. et al. (2015; Biologica (Pakistan), 61(2), 243-248) collected this species in the River Poonch, where the water parameters were temperature = 26.2 +/- 1.9 C, pH 7.6 +/- 0.2, DO = 7.5 +/- 0.2 mg/L, total alkalinity = 83 +/- 2 ppm, total hardness = 178 +/- 6.6 ppm and chloride ions = 6.4 +/- 0.3 ppm. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| 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 22, Fig. 2. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.20.170.7399 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:25 (species record created: 2019 Feb 13 20:58) |