FB-67787 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67787 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Puntius Puntius dolichopterus Plamoottil, 2015 Travancore rock catfish 2015-09-24 2015-10-05 Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham0 <i>Glyptothorax elankadensis</i> (Order-Siluriformes: family-Sisoridae), a new fish species from Manimala River, Kerala, India. Biosystematica 6(2):17-25. (Ref. 93434) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67796 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-10-02 00:00:00 2015-10-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67796 This medium sized species is distinguished by the following characters: tips of all the fins yellow; 3 narrow yellow bands, one mid dorsal and others mid lateral on longitudinal axis of body; 2 small yellowish round spots on dorsal side, downwards and backwards from dorsal fin origin; a round yellowish spot in between eyes; median fontanel on the dorsal side of the head very faint and indistinct; occipital process does not reach basal bone of dorsal fin; eyes very minute; blue colored,nearly circular, level to the surface of head or a little bulging and are located behind and above the angle of jaws; inferior mouth; thoracic apparatus longer than broad, with an elongated groove in the middle of it; rayed dorsal is shorter than head and pectoral, but longer than pelvic and anal, the base is longer than pectoral and pelvic but shorter than anal; first ray of pectoral and last undivided ray of dorsal fin are serrated on inner side, none of the fins touch each other; ventral surface of anterior region of head papillated; body finely granulated; head length 4.2, body depth at dorsal fin origin 5.9 in standard length; eye diameter 17.1; head width 1.1, head depth 1.6, width of gape of mouth 2.6 in head length (Ref. 93434). Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2013 <i>Glyptothorax elankadensis</i> (Order-Siluriformes: family-Sisoridae), a new fish species from Manimala River, Kerala, India. Biosystematica 6(2):17-25. (Ref. 93434) FB-Morphology-67796 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-10-02 00:00:00 2015-10-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67796 Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 6; Analsoft rays: 7 - 10 Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2013 <i>Glyptothorax elankadensis</i> (Order-Siluriformes: family-Sisoridae), a new fish species from Manimala River, Kerala, India. Biosystematica 6(2):17-25. (Ref. 93434) FB-Distribution-67796 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-10-02 00:00:00 2015-10-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67796 Asia: India. Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2013 <i>Glyptothorax elankadensis</i> (Order-Siluriformes: family-Sisoridae), a new fish species from Manimala River, Kerala, India. Biosystematica 6(2):17-25. (Ref. 93434) FB-Uses-67796 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-10-02 00:00:00 2015-10-05 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67796 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-67796 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-10-02 00:00:00 2015-10-05 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67796 11.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 93434)) Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2013 <i>Glyptothorax elankadensis</i> (Order-Siluriformes: family-Sisoridae), a new fish species from Manimala River, Kerala, India. Biosystematica 6(2):17-25. (Ref. 93434) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67796 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-10-02 00:00:00 2015-10-05 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67796 benthopelagic; freshwater