Glyptothorax kudremukhensis

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Glyptothorax kudremukhensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Glyptothorax
Species:
G. kudremukhensis
Binomial name
Glyptothorax kudremukhensis
K. C. Gopi, 2007

Glyptothorax kudremukhensis [2] [3] is a species of catfish in family Sisoridae and was described by K.C. Gopi in 2007. It is endemic to the Western Ghats and only known from the Tunga River from inside the Kudremukh National Park. [1] [4] IUCN categorises the species as critically endangered. [1] No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Raghavan, R.; Ali, A. (2011). "Glyptothorax kudremukhensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T172509A6906327. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172509A6906327.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (2008) Catalog of fishes. Updated database Internet version of April 2008., Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in April 2008.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Glyptothorax kudremukhensis". FishBase . August 2014 version.
  4. Fauna of Kudremukh National Park (Karnataka). Kolkata : Zoological Survey of India. 2007. ISBN   978-81-8171-157-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  5. Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.