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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); abbreviata: From the Latin adjective abbreviatus (shortened), referring to the abdominal region shorter than other congeners.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: Mekong [Lancangjiang] and Red River [Lixianjiang] drainages in China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75856)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 5. Can be distinguished by the following unique combination of characters: adipose-fin base not confluent with caudal fin (vs. confluent); premaxillary tooth patches appear joined (vs. separate); lower lip connected to base of maxillary barbel by skin flap, without sulcus between them (vs. not connected, with sulcus); 6 upper + 7 lower branched caudalfin rays (vs. 7+8); dorsal fin i-5 (vs. i-7); anal fin ii-3 (vs. ii-8); pelvic-fin origin to anal-fin origin distance shorter than pelvic-fin origin to mouth distance (vs. equal); pectoral fin extending beyond pelvic-fin origin (vs. not reaching); origin of pelvic fin anterior to end of dorsal-fin base (vs. opposite to or posterior to end of dorsal-fin base); anus nearer to posterior end of pelvic-fin base than anal-fin origin (vs. nearer to anal-fin origin); anal-fin origin nearer to posterior end of pelvic-fin base than to caudal-fin base (vs. nearer to caudal-fin base); short interdorsal, tip of dorsal-fin reaching origin of adipose fin when depressed (vs. not reaching); snout length 49.1-52.9% HL; predorsal length 26.1-27.8% SL; head length 25.7-28.0% SL; head width 26.8- 27.2% SL; caudal peduncle length 22.4-26.2% SL; and caudal peduncle depth 4.8-6.6% SL (Ref. 75856).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Li, X., W. Zhou, A.W. Thomson, Q. Zhang and Y. Yang, 2007. A review of the genus Pareuchiloglanis (Sisoridae) from the Lancangjiang (Upper Mekong River) with descriptions of two new species from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 1440:1-19. (Ref. 75856)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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