Glyptothorax kudremukhensis

Glyptothorax kudremukhensis[2][3] is a species of catfish in family Sisoridae and was described by K.C. Gopi in 2007. It is endemic to the Western Ghats and only known from the Tunga River from inside the Kudremukh National Park.[1] IUCN categorises the species as critically endangered.[1] No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[4]

Glyptothorax kudremukhensis

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Glyptothorax
Species:
G. kudremukhensis
Binomial name
Glyptothorax kudremukhensis
Gopi, 2007

References

  1. Raghavan, R. & Ali, A. (2013). "Glyptothorax kudremukhensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (2008) Catalog of fishes. Updated database Internet version of April 2008., Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in April 2008.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Glyptothorax kudremukhensis" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
  4. Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.


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