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Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes) > Glyptosterninae
Etymology: Pareuchiloglanis: Greek, para = near + Greek, cheilo = lip + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: Red River drainage in northern Viet Nam.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Short description
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Differs from its congeners chiefly by a slender body (8.7% SL) and caudal peduncle (4.2% SL; 4.2 times in caudal peduncle length), as well as a combination of the following characters: length of adipose-fin base 34.7% SL; dorsal to adipose distance 12.2% SL; caudal peduncle length 17.6% SL; snout length 57.0% HL; interorbital distance 25.5% HL; adipose and caudal fins separate; and ventral limit of gill opening to base of first pectoral-fin element (Ref. 53228).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ng, H.H., 2004. Two new glyptosternine catfishes (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Vietnam and China. Zootaxa 428:1-12. (Ref. 53228)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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