Glyptothorax chakpiensis, new species

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Glyptothorax chakpiensis, new species

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Bungdon Shangningam & Laishram Kosygin. 2024. Glyptothorax chakpiensis, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Manipur, India. Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 124(3)/229-237. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v124/i3/2024/171408

https://recordsofzsi.com/index.php/zsoi ... 408/116961
Abstract
Glyptothorax chakpiensis
is described from the Chakpi River, Chindwin drainage of Manipur, India. The new species is distinguished from its congeners in the Chindwin River in having a lanceolate-shaped thoracic adhesive apparatus, with a median depression almost enclosed posteriorly by skin ridges; a short nasal barbel not reaching the anterior margin of the orbit; a slender body, its depth at the dorsal-fin origin: 10.4-13.1% SL and at anus: 11.2-12.0% SL, and body with two longitudinal yellowish stripes.
Keywords: Chakpi River, Freshwater Fish, India, Sisorid Catfish
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