4.1.2.6 Family : Sisoridae (Bagariidae) – Sisorid catfishes

4.1.2.6 Family : Sisoridae (Bagariidae) - Sisorid catfishes

  • Freshwater, Southern Asia
  • Body usually with small unculiferous tubercles
  • Thick leathery skin
  • Adipose fin present (confluent with caudal in some genera and consisting of a small spine in the elongate Sisor sp.)
  • Dorsal fin base short, fin with or without a spine
  • Adhesive apparatus in thoracic region present or absent
  • Four pairs of barbells with fleshy bases.

  • Head and anterior part of body depressed

  • Gill membranes restricted to sides.

20 genera with about 85 species. Eg. of genus

  1. Bagarius
  2. Erethistes
  3. Exostoma
  4. Puchiloglarus
  5. Gagata
  6. Glyptosternum
  7. Glyptothorax
  8. Hara
  9. Nangra
  10. Pseudecheneis
  11. Sisor
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