Everything about Sisoridae totally explained
Sisoridae is a
family of
catfishes (
order Siluriformes). These Asian catfish live in fast-moving waters and often have adaptations that allow them to adhere to objects in their habitat.
Taxonomy
Sisoridae is recognized as a natural,
monophyletic group based on morphological and molecular evidence.
Evidence from a 2007 molecular analysis supports polyphyly of
Pareuchiloglanis.
Glaridoglanis might be a
basal member of the tribe Glyptosternina.
Pseudecheneis may be placed in the tribe Glyptosternina, but its sister-group relationship between it and the monophyletic glyptosternoids can't be rejected.
It has been proposed to move the genera of
Erethistidae into Sisoridae.
Distribution
Sisorids inhabit freshwater and originate from southern
Asia, from
Turkey and
Syria to South
China and
Borneo, primarily in the Oriental region. Glyptosterninae is distributed from the
Caucasus to China. Most glyptosternine genera are found in China, with the exception of
Myersglanis. Sisorids are mostly small forms inhabit mountain streams.
Description
Most of these fish have four pairs of
barbels and a large
adipose fin. The maximum size is 2
metres.
In all fish except those of the subfamily Sisorinae, some sort of adhesive apparatus, either in the form of a thoracic adhesive apparatus or in
plaited paired fins, allow the fish to adhere to objects.
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