| Parachiloglanis hodgarti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Sisoridae |
| Genus: | Parachiloglanis |
| Species: | P. hodgarti |
| Binomial name | |
| Parachiloglanis hodgarti Hora, 1923 | |
| Synonyms | |
Glyptosternum hodgartiHora, 1923 | |
Parachiloglanis hodgarti, the torrent catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Sisoridae.
P. hodgarti inhabits the Ganges and Brahmaputra drainages in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and China. It has also been listed from Abor Hills, Meghalaya, Darjeeling, Kali River, Teesta valley and Nepal. [1]
P. hodgarti is diagnosed by having no post-labial groove (unlike other members of Glyptosternina), gill openings not extending to the underside, homodont dentition, pointed teeth in both jaws, tooth patches joined into a crescent-shaped band in upper jaw, and 13–16 branched pectoral fin rays. This fish species has a depressed head. The body is elongate, and it is depressed anteriorly. The skin is smooth dorsally but often tuberculate on the underside of the body. The lips are thick, fleshy, and papillated. The eyes are minute, dorsally located, and subcutaneous (under the skin). The gill openings are narrow, not extending below the pectoral fin base. The paired fins are plaited to form an adhesive apparatus. This species grows to a length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) TL. [2]
The Aspredinidae are a small South American family of catfishes also known as the banjo catfishes, with about 43 species.
The stream catfishes comprise the family Akysidae of catfishes.
Erethistidae are a family of catfishes that originate from southern Asia. It includes about 45 species.
Pseudolaguvia is a genus of South Asian river catfishes. These species inhabit hill streams and large rivers. P. tenebricosa is found in fast running, clear water; the river has a sandy bottom and numerous rocks and boulders and aquatic vegetation is absent. P. inornata is from clear, shallow, moderately flowing streams with a predominantly sandy bottom. P. muricata is found in clear, shallow, slow-flowing streams with a mixed substrate of sand and detritus; these fish are found amongst detritus in areas with current. P. ferula is also found in swift flowing waters with a mixed rocky/sandy bottom.
Myersglanis is a genus of sisorid catfishes native to Asia.
Glaridoglanis andersonii is a species of catfish of the family Sisoridae. It is the only species of the monotypic genus Glaridoglanis.
Erethistoides is a genus of South Asian river catfishes.
Paracanthopoma parva is a species of catfishes of the family Trichomycteridae. P. parva grows to about 2.7 centimetres (1.1 in) SL and is endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Amazon and Essequibo River basins.
Pseudecheneis is a genus of sisorid catfishes native to Asia.
Bagarius is an Asian genus of catfishes of the family Sisoridae. It includes five to six extant species and potentially one extinct fossil species, B. gigas.
Exostoma is a genus of sisorid catfishes native to Asia. These species are distributed in the Brahmaputra drainage of northeast India, and east and south to the Salween drainages in Burma. E. berdmorei is found in the Sittang and Salween drainages in Burma. E. labiatum is known from the Brahmaputra drainage in northeast India, but has also been recorded in the Salween drainage in Burma, the Ayeyarwady drainage in China, and the Brahmaputra drainage in Tibet and Burma. E. stuarti is from the Ayeyarwady River of Burma and India; however, it has not been collected since its original discovery. E. labiatum is found in mountain rapids.
Glyptosternon is a genus of sisorid catfishes native to Asia.
Sisor is a genus of catfishes native to Asia.
Pseudexostoma is a genus of fish in the family Sisoridae endemic to China. These species are restricted to the upper Salween and one upper branch of the Irrawaddy in China. P. brachysoma is known only from the middle and lower Nujiang River. P. yunnanensis is only known from the upper Dayinjiang. These rivers were once connected, but are now separated. Also, the environment and temperature of the Nujiang River became greatly different between the northern and southern areas, leading to speciation.
Breitensteinia is a genus of catfishes of the family Akysidae. It includes three species.
Paraplotosus is a genus of catfishes native to Australasia and South-east Asia.
Plotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean and New Guinea.
Micromyzon akamai is a species of catfish in the family Aspredinidae.
Chimarrichthys kishinouyei is a species of sisorid catfish native to Asia.
Synodontis flavitaeniatus, known as the orangestriped squeaker, the chocolatestriped squeaker, the yellowstriped squeaker, and the pyjama Syno, is a species of upside-down catfish native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo where it is found in the lower and central Congo Basin. It was first described by Belgian-British zoologist George Albert Boulenger in 1919. The holotype was collected from the Ruki River at Eala, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The meaning of the specific name "flavitaeniatus" is "yellow stripes".
