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Scientific Name	**Glyptothorax macromaculatus** Li, 1984
Common Name
Type Locality	Yangbi Xian, 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.
Species Information
Size	147mm or 5.8" 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). Distinguishable by its two dark saddles on the body (at dorsal fin origin and under the adipose fin), becoming indistinct in specimens >10 cm SL. The rest of the body is usually covered by irregular spots and blotches. The neural spines are distally pointed and there is an absence of a ridge or series of bumps along the dorsal mid-line between the dorsal and adipose fins.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Mekong basin in Yunnan and in Laos. Mekong, Upper Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2010.
Husbandry Information
Furniture	Found in fast flowing streams and headwaters.
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Journal of Yunnan University 1984 (no. 2), pp 82 [English p. 88], Fig. 7.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:24 (species record created: 2007 Feb 19 12:47)