Glaridoglanis verruciloba
Glaridoglanis verruciloba Gong, Wang, Liu & Li, 2025
Wart-lobed chiseled-tooth catfish
Glaridoglanis verruciloba
photo by Zheng Gong et al., 2025


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Family:  Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes), subfamily: Glyptosterninae
Max. size:  15.66 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: China.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-6; Anal soft rays: 5-6. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: enlarged lower lip bearing 4-7 verruciform lobes on the central-posterior margin; anus close to the anal-fin origin; ventral surface at the base of maxillary barbels densely covered with striae; 11 branched pectoral-fin rays; 5-6 branched anal fin rays; head relatively short (HL 19.1-21.7% of SL); and mandibular barbels relatively short (inner mandibular barbel length 13.9-17.7% and outer mandibular barbel length 29.1-36.4% of HL) (Ref. 138488).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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