Exostoma

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Exostoma is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling sisorid catfishes native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of South and Southeast Asia.

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Exostoma canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
taxon
adaptation adapted to strong currents
behavior bottom-dwelling
belongsTo Sisorinae NERFINISHED
bodySize small
class Actinopterygii
commonName sisorid catfishes
distribution Asian freshwater systems
domain Eukarya
surface form: Eukaryota
ecologicalNiche benthic
family Sisoridae NERFINISHED
feedingType benthic feeder
foundIn hill streams
mountain streams
geographicRegion Himalayan region
Indo-Burma region NERFINISHED
Yunnan region NERFINISHED
habitat fast-flowing rivers
fast-flowing streams
hasCharacteristic adhesive or clinging adaptations to substrate
flattened body adapted to current
hasMember Exostoma barakensis NERFINISHED
Exostoma berdmorei NERFINISHED
Exostoma effrenum NERFINISHED
Exostoma gaoligongense NERFINISHED
Exostoma labiatum NERFINISHED
Exostoma laticaudata NERFINISHED
Exostoma sawmteai NERFINISHED
Exostoma stuarti NERFINISHED
Exostoma tenuicaudata NERFINISHED
Exostoma tibetanum NERFINISHED
Exostoma vinciguerrae NERFINISHED
kingdom Animalia
lifestyle rheophilic
locomotion demersal
nativeTo South Asia NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia
order Siluriformes NERFINISHED
parentTaxon Sisoridae NERFINISHED
phylum Chordata
reproduction oviparous
respiration gills
skeletonType bony fish
subfamily Sisorinae NERFINISHED
taxonRank genus
waterType freshwater

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Sisoridae containsGenus Exostoma