Pimelodus botius is a Misapplied Synonym of Glyptothorax telchitta and also a Valid Name or Synonym of another species as well.

Glyptothorax telchitta (Hamilton, 1822)

Sylhet Hara - Teli - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

view: Lateral [Hossain, 2019]

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Siluriformes
Family	:	Sisoridae
Genus	:	Glyptothorax
Species	:	Glyptothorax telchitta

Common Names:

English	:	Sylhet Hara[729]
Bangla	:	Teli[5] Telchitta[5]

Synonyms:

Pimelodus telchitta Hamilton, 1822
Glyptothorax telchitta telchitta (Hamilton, 1822)
Glyptosternum telchitta (Hamilton, 1822)
Glyptosternum botia (Non Hamilton, 1822)
Glyptosternum botium (Non Hamilton, 1822)
Glyptothorax botia (Non Hamilton, 1822)
Glyptothorax botius (Non Hamilton, 1822)
Pimelodus botius (Non Hamilton, 1822)
Glyptothorax telchitta sufii (Non Bashir and Mirza, 1975)

Maximum Length and Weight:

Data not available

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 5.1-5.6 : 4-4.4 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 6.3 : 5-5.5 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 8 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 3.5 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 3.3 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D I 6-7; A ii 9-10; P I 7-9; V i 5 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

Data not available

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [544]
Bangladesh	:	Vulnerable (VU)	(Version 3.1) [242]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Bangladesh[70] India[6] Nepal[134] Pakistan[6]
Bangladesh	:	Sunamganj haor region, Sunamganj[729] Tanguar Haor, Sunamganj[1025]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears: Data not available
Market price: Data not available