Glyptothorax pallozonus (Lin, 1934)

Family:  Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes), subfamily: Sisorinae
Max. size:  6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish
Distribution:  Asia: China.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-6; Anal soft rays: 8-9. Head and front of the body horizontally flat, gradually turns to vertically flat. Small eyes, covered with membrane. Nude body without scale, with a straight lateral line. Three white lines in the body, one starts from dorsal fin to caudal fin, the other two overlapped with the lateral line. Brownish adiposium, dark in the base part and light in the edge (Ref. 33427).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 17 January 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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