Glyptothorax prionotos

Glyptothorax prionotos Ng & Kottelat, 2023

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes) > Sisorinae
Etymology: Glyptothorax: Greek, glyptes = carver + Greek, thorax = breast (Ref. 45335); prionotos: Name 'prionotos' from the Greek adjective meaning 'made like a saw/serrated', in reference to the serrated dorsal spine, which is a major diagnostic character of the new species.

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Thailand.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138194)

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10; Vertebrae: 35 - 37. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: presence of a uniformly dark-coloured body with pale mid-dorsal stripe; serrated posterior margin of the dorsal spine; absence of plicae on the ventral surfaces of the first pelvic-fin ray and the skin covering the pectoral spine; head length 23.6-27.0% SL; head width 19.2-21.4% SL; TAA without anteromedial striae or ridges extending to gular region and with caudally open triangular medial pit extending one-third to half TAA length; 7-10 serrations on posterior edge of pectoral spine; dorsal-fin spine length 12.2-15.6% SL; triangular anterior nuchal plate element without saddle-shaped lateral expansions of pterygiophores; pale spots only at lateral tips of nuchal plate elements; body depth at anus 14.0-17.4% SL; dorsal to adipose distance 23.6-28.1% SL; distally expanded neural spines of vertebrae between dorsal and adipose fins; length of adipose-fin base 14.1-17.7% SL; post-adipose distance 13.1-17.0% SL; caudal peduncle length 16.6-19.4% SL; caudal peduncle depth 8.0-9.8% SL; caudal-fin length 23.6-28.1% SL; and 35-37 vertebrae (Ref. 138194).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 2023. Glyptothorax prionotos, a new sisorid catfish from Myanmar and Thailand (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae). J. Nat. Hist. 57(25-28):1331-1345. (Ref. 138194)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00365 - 0.01726), b=3.02 (2.85 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈