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Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes) > Sisorinae
Etymology: Glyptothorax: Greek, glyptes = carver + Greek, thorax = breast (Ref. 45335); rupiri: Named for Rupir Boli of the Forest Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
Eponymy: Rupir Boli is a forest officer working in the Mouling National Park for the Forest Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, India. He was honoured for his help in collecting specimens during the senior author’s survey of Arunachal Pradesh. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130788)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 10; Vertebrae: 41 - 42. This species is distinguished from its congeners in the Indian subcontinent by the following set of characters: plicae on the ventral surface of the pectoral-fin spine and first pelvic-fin ray; body depth at anus 11.2-13.4% SL; posteriorly serrated dorsal-fin spine, its length 11.3-12.2% SL; thoracic adhesive apparatus is longer than broad, with a V-shaped median depression which opens posteriorly; arrow-shaped anterior nuchal plate element; adipose-fin base length 10.9-12.6% SL; dorsal-to-adipose distance 26.1-27.8% SL; post-adipose distance 17.7-19.7% SL; caudal peduncle depth 6.4-7.5% SL; serrae on posterior margin of the pectoral-fin spine 14-18; unculiferous ridges of adhesive apparatus do not extend anteriorly onto gular region; nasal barbel does not reach anterior orbital margin; densely tuberculated skin with numerous tubercles on the dorsal surface of pectoral and pelvic-fin rays. Colouration: body with two longitudinal pale-cream stripes (Ref. 130788).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kosygin, L., P. Singh and S. Rath, 2021. A new species of Glyptothorax (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Brahmaputra River basin, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 5023(2):239-250. (Ref. 130788)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00369 - 0.01791), b=3.00 (2.83 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
