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Asian Hillstream Catfishes
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Asian Hillstream Catfishes

Sisoridae

Sisoridae is a family of catfishes. These Asian catfishes live in fast-moving waters and often have adaptations that allow them to adhere to objects in their habitats. The family includes about 235 species.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 327 known species

South Asian River Catfishes

subfamilySisorinae

Glyptosterninae

subfamilyGlyptosterninae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51482.