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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Siluriformes (Catfishes) >
Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes) > Glyptosterninae
Etymology: Exostoma: Greek, exos = outside + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); sawmteai: Named after Sawmtea (Vanalalmalsawma), field assistant to Lalramliana (Ref. 103394).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: known only from the type locality, Pharsih River, a tributary of Tuivai River (Barak River drainage) in Mizoram, northeast India (Ref. 103394).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 103394)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 38 - 39. Exostoma sawmteai differs markedly from the other species of the genus from Ganges-Brahmaputra basin in having the posterior end of the adipose fin adnate with (vs. separated by a distinct notch from) the dorsal procurrent caudal-fin rays; further differs from all congeners in having a unique combination of the following characters: snout length 48-55 % HL; eye diameter 8-11 % HL; pectoral-pelvic distance 28.6-32.8 % SL; body depth at anus 11.5-14.1 % SL; length of adipose-fin base 30.7-37.2 % SL; caudal-peduncle length 18.4-20.3 % SL; caudal-peduncle depth 10 .1-11. 7 % SL; lunate caudal fin; and 38-39 total vertebrae (Ref. 103394).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Lalramliana, S. Lalronunga, Lalnuntluanga and H.H. Ng, 2015. Exostoma sawmteai, a new sisorid catfish from northeast India (Teleostei: Sisoridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 26(1):59-64. (Ref. 103394)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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