Glyptothorax pongoensis, a new species

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Tenali, D. R., Singh, P., Pratap, G. V., Phom, N., Ratnaraju, M., & Kosygin, L. (2024). Glyptothorax pongoensis, a new species of rheophilic catfish (Sisoridae) from the Brahmaputra River drainage, Nagaland, India. Journal of Natural History, 58(37–40), 1377–1391. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2385137

ABSTRACT

Glyptothorax pongoensis

, sp. n. is described from the Yongmon River in Nagaland, India. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners in the Indian subcontinent by the following combination of characters: an ovate-shaped thoracic adhesive apparatus with skin ridges present over the entire apparatus, including the subulate-shaped median depression; presence of plicae on the ventral surface of the pectoral fin spine and the first ray of the pelvic fin; W-shaped anterior nuchal plate element; dorsal-fin origin nearer to the snout tip than to the origin of the adipose fin; posterior margin of dorsal spine rugose with 4–5 ridges, tuberculate skin, and nasal barbel not reaching eye when adpressed.

KEYWORDS: Siluriformes, Pongo Forest, Nagaland

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Glyptothorax pongoensis

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