Caelatoglanis zonatus

Ng & Kottelat, 2005

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Specimen from the German aquarium trade.Enrico Richter

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Social: needs to be in a group
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Caelatoglanis zonatus is an erethistid catfish known only from the Ataran River system in Kayin state, Myanmar, part of the Salween drainage. Images of the Ataran show flowing, forest-shaded headwaters with clear water, a mixed sand and rock substrate and plenty of submerged driftwood and leaf litter. The name zonatus refers to its barred colour pattern.

Etymology

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Caelatoglanis: from the Latin caelum, meaning 'chisel', and glanis, meaning 'catfish'.

zonatus: from the Latin zonatus, menaing 'belted, girdled', in reference to this species' barred colour pattern.

Distribution

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Known only from the Ataran River system in Kayin state, Myanmar.

The Ataran forms the headwaters of part of the larger Salween drainage, and some of its tributaries extend across the nearby border into Thailand, where it’s known as the Kasat.

Type locality is 'Stream ''Chon Son' between Kyondaw and Phadaw, about 20 kilometers northwest of Payathouzu (at border with Thailand), 15°25'N, 98°15'E, Kayin State, Myanmar'.

Habitat

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Images of the Ataran correspondingly depict flowing sections of forest-shaded, seemingly well-oxygenated headwaters containing clear water, a mixed sand/rock substrate and lots of submerged driftwood/leaf litter.

Other fish species inhabiting the Ataran include Acanthocobitis pictilis, Botia kubotai, Schistura vinciguerrae, S. robertsi, Garra sp. ‘redtail’, and Mastacembelus armatus plus unidentified Devario, Scaphiodonichthys, Tor, Neolissochilus, Garra and Schistura spp.

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Detail of head and anterior portion of body.Enrico Richter

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