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Glyptothorax
Glyptothorax is a genus of catfishes order Siluriformes of the family Sisoridae. It is the most species-rich and widely distributed genus in the family with new species being discovered on a regular basis. These species are distributed in the Black Sea basin, northern Turkey, south and east to the Yangtze River drainage in China and south throughout Indo-China to Java, Indonesia. They are found in Asia Minor (in the Tigris and Euphrates River drainages) and southwards...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 130 known species
Glyptothorax fuscus
speciesGlyptothorax fuscus
Brown Hillstream Catfish
speciesGlyptothorax platypogon
Glyptothorax laosensis
speciesGlyptothorax laosensis
Glyptothorax pallozonus
speciesGlyptothorax pallozonus
Glyptothorax telchitta
speciesGlyptothorax telchitta
Glyptothorax schmidti
speciesGlyptothorax schmidti
Glyptothorax prashadi
speciesGlyptothorax prashadi
Glyptothorax macromaculatus
speciesGlyptothorax macromaculatus
Glyptothorax buchanani
speciesGlyptothorax buchanani
Glyptothorax platypogonides
speciesGlyptothorax platypogonides
Glyptothorax lampris
speciesGlyptothorax lampris
Glyptothorax longinema
speciesGlyptothorax longinema
Glyptothorax sinensis
speciesGlyptothorax sinensis
Glyptothorax burmanicus
speciesGlyptothorax burmanicus
Glyptothorax trilineatus
speciesGlyptothorax trilineatus
Glyptothorax quadriocellatus
speciesGlyptothorax quadriocellatus
Glyptothorax dorsalis
speciesGlyptothorax dorsalis
Glyptothorax major
speciesGlyptothorax major
Glyptothorax porrectus
speciesGlyptothorax porrectus
Glyptothorax rugimentum
speciesGlyptothorax rugimentum
Glyptothorax amnestus
speciesGlyptothorax amnestus
Mesopotamian Sucker Catfish
speciesGlyptothorax kurdistanicus
Glyptothorax annandalei
speciesGlyptothorax annandalei
Glyptothorax ngapang
speciesGlyptothorax ngapang
Glyptothorax honghensis
speciesGlyptothorax honghensis
Glyptothorax igniculus
speciesGlyptothorax igniculus
Glyptothorax nieuwenhuisi
speciesGlyptothorax nieuwenhuisi
Glyptothorax scrobiculus
speciesGlyptothorax scrobiculus
Glyptothorax decussatus
speciesGlyptothorax decussatus
Glyptothorax stibaros
speciesGlyptothorax stibaros
Glyptothorax hainanensis
speciesGlyptothorax hainanensis
Glyptothorax davissinghi
speciesGlyptothorax davissinghi
Glyptothorax kudremukhensis
speciesGlyptothorax kudremukhensis
Glyptothorax coracinus
speciesGlyptothorax coracinus
Mountain Cavia Catfish
speciesGlyptothorax cavia
Glyptothorax stolickae
speciesGlyptothorax stolickae
Glyptothorax striatus
speciesGlyptothorax striatus
Glyptothorax alaknandi
speciesGlyptothorax alaknandi
Glyptothorax botius
speciesGlyptothorax botius
Glyptothorax brevipinnis
speciesGlyptothorax brevipinnis
Glyptothorax garhwali
speciesGlyptothorax garhwali
Glyptothorax gracilis
speciesGlyptothorax gracilis
Glyptothorax granulus
speciesGlyptothorax granulus
Glyptothorax indicus
speciesGlyptothorax indicus
Glyptothorax lonah
speciesGlyptothorax lonah
Glyptothorax manipurensis
speciesGlyptothorax manipurensis
Glyptothorax pectinopterus
speciesGlyptothorax pectinopterus
Glyptothorax chimtuipuiensis
speciesGlyptothorax chimtuipuiensis
Glyptothorax horai
speciesGlyptothorax horai
Glyptothorax ater
speciesGlyptothorax ater
Glyptothorax caudimaculatus
speciesGlyptothorax caudimaculatus
Glyptothorax churamanii
speciesGlyptothorax churamanii
Glyptothorax clavatus
speciesGlyptothorax clavatus
Tigris cat
speciesGlyptothorax cous
Glyptothorax dikrongensis
speciesGlyptothorax dikrongensis
Travancore rock catfish
speciesGlyptothorax elankadensis
Glyptothorax fucatus
speciesGlyptothorax fucatus
Glyptothorax granosus
speciesGlyptothorax granosus
Glyptothorax jalalensis
speciesGlyptothorax jalalensis
Glyptothorax ketambe
speciesGlyptothorax ketambe
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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