Glyptothorax kudremukhensis

Glyptothorax kudremukhensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Subfamily: Glyptosterninae
Genus: Glyptothorax
Species: G. kudremukhensis
Binomial name
Glyptothorax kudremukhensis
Gopi, 2007

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Raghavan, R. & Ali, A. (2013). "Glyptothorax kudremukhensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  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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