No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Sisoridae.
分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Siluriformes (Catfishes) 鯰形目 (Catfishes) > Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes) 吸口鯰科 (Sisorid catfishes) > Sisorinae
Etymology: Glyptothorax:Greek, glyptes = carver + Greek, thorax = breast (Ref. 45335); forabilis:Name from Latin adjective meaning 'that which may be pierced' or vulnerable; referring to the conservation status of this species..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學
This species is distinguished from its Indochinese congeners except for coracinus, interspinalum, lanceatus, laosensis, longinema, strabonis, porrectus, trilineatus, zanaensis in having a uniformly dark gray body with pale midlateral and mid-dorsal stripes (vs. body with pale or dark bands, patches or spots); differs from coracinus, interspinalum, lanceatus, laosensis, longinema, strabonis, porrectus, trilineatus. zanaensis by the absence (vs. presence) of a medial pit on the thoracic adhesive apparatus; further differs from coracinus, interspinalum, laosensis, longicauda,longinema, strabonis, porrectus, trilineatus, zanaensis by having an eye diameter 8-11% HL; interorbital distance 25-31% HL; head width 17.0-19.2% SL; thoracic adhesive apparatus without the anteromedial striae; very thin pale midlateral stripe only as wide as single tubercle; body depth at anus 12.4-15.0% SL; post-adipose distance 17.0-21.6% SL; caudal peduncle length 19.3-23.9% SL and depth 7.4-9.0% SL (1.6-1.7 times in body depth at anus) (Ref. 117341).
Found in a stretch of the Xe Katam with high gradient and very fast water on boulders and rocks (type locality) and in the Houay Makchang-Gnai in a degraded stretch with relatively slow
current over riffles and pools, also in a stretch with fast current on large stones, in a coffee plantation (Ref. 117341).
Life cycle and mating behavior 成熟度 | 繁殖 | 產卵場 | 卵 | 孕卵數 | 仔魚
Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 2017. The Glyptothorax of the Bolaven Plateau, Laos (Teleostei: Sisoridae): new and endangered. Zootaxa 4238(3):406-416. (Ref. 117341)
