Glyptothorax palakkadiensis, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Kerala, Western Ghats, India

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Singh, Pratima, Kosygin, Laishram (2025): Glyptothorax palakkadiensis, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Kerala, Western Ghats, India. Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20): 1383-1393, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2484335, URL: doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2484335 ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY Received 13 December 2024 Accepted 20 March 2025 Glyptothorax palakkadiensis, a new sisorid catfish, is described from the Chalakudy drainage in Kerala, Western Ghats, India.

It is distinguished from its congeners in the Indian subcontinent in possessing the following combination of characteristics: the presence of numerous oblique branches of the laterosensory canal that are visible as cream-yellow, spine-like structures radiating irregularly above and below the lateral line; skin ridges present over the entire thoracic adhesive apparatus, including the depressed region; the presence of plicae on the ventral surfaces of the pectoral spine and first pelvic-fin ray, and tuberculated fins.