Glyptothorax mibangi

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Sisoridae
Subfamilia: Glyptosterninae
Tribus: Glyptothoracini
Genus: Glyptothorax
Species: Glyptothorax mibangi

Name

Glyptothorax mibangi Darshan et al., 2015

• Holotype: RGUMF 243.
• Paratypes: RGUMF 244–245 (2).

Type locality: India: Arunachal Pradesh State, Tisa River near Longding, Brahmaputra River basin, 26°52'N, 95°21'E.

Etymology: The species is named after Tamo Mibang, Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh, whose patronage has continually been extended to freshwater-fish research and conservation in the Eastern Himalyan region of India.

References

• Darshan, A., Dutta, R., Kachari, A., Gogoi, B. & Das, D.N. 2015: Glyptothorax mibangi, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Tisa River, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India. Zootaxa 3962(1): 114–122. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.5. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.