Family : Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes) , subfamily: Glyptosterninae
Order : Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name :
Fish Name : Glyptothorax telchitta
Max size : 10.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 41236)
Environment : benthopelagic; potamodromous
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: Distribution: Distribution : Asia: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal (Ref. 4833). Ganges River drainage (Ref. 54474).
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Vertebrae: 34-36. Distinguished from its congeners, except Glyptothorax botius, in northeast India in having a combination of large, prominent tubercles on the head and body, a thoracic adhesive apparatus without a median depression, and a very slender body and caudal peduncle (sometimes described as spindle shaped). Glyptothorax botius differs from G. telchitta in having a more triangular snout when viewed laterally, the absence of dark saddles on the body, a thoracic adhesive apparatus with narrower folds of skin, a shorter adipose-fin base (9.5-11.5% SL vs. 12.0-16.4) and a deeper caudal peduncle (4.7-5.9% SL vs. 3.1-4.2) (Ref. 54474).Description: Dorsal fin with I,5,i, or I,6 rays; Anal fin with iv,8, iv,9, iv,9,i, iv,10 or iv,11,i rays; pectoral fin with I,7,i, I,8 or I,8,i rays; pelvic fin with i,5 rays (Ref. 54474).
Biology : Lives mainly in hill streams
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4833)

India country information
Common Names : तीलिचटा
Status : native
Salinity : freshwater
Uses : no uses