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Glyptothorax pantherinus, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Noa Dehing River, Arunachal Pradesh, India

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Glyptothorax pantherinus, a new sisorid catfish species, is described from the Noa Dehing River of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: mottled skin; a well-developed obtuse leaf-shaped thoracic adhesive apparatus with no central depression, unculiferous ridges of the apparatus not extending anteriorly onto the gular region, and the ridges uninterrupted except for the posterior-most region; one bean-shaped cream-coloured spot on either side of the dorsal-fin origin; ventral surface of the simple rays of the paired fins are plaited marginally and distally.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to A.K. Karmakar for permission to examine material in ZSI, Kolkata, and to N. Sen (ZSI-ERS, Shillong), and R. Britz and P. Campbell (BMNH, London) for providing data relating to material under their care.

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    Nongmaithem Anganthoibi & Waikhom Vishwanath

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Anganthoibi, N., Vishwanath, W. Glyptothorax pantherinus, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Noa Dehing River, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Ichthyol Res 60, 172–177 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-012-0328-5

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