Glyptothorax major (Boulenger 1894)

Alfred W. Thomson & Lawrence M. Page, 2006, Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)., Zootaxa (1345), pp. 1-96 : 50

Glyptothorax major (Boulenger 1894)

Akysis major Boulenger 1894 : 246. Type locality: Senah River, Tagora River and Baram River, Sarawak state, Borneo, East Malaysia. Syntypes: BMNH 1892.9.2.59 (1), 1892.10.7.26 (1), 1893.3.6.173-178 (6?).

Glyptosternum kuekenthali Steindachner 1901 : 448, pl. 18 (fig. 5-a). Type locality: Baram River, Borneo. Holotype: SMF 752.

Distribution: We have examined specimens only from Borneo. This species has been reported from Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula (Wirjoatmodjo, 1987; Roberts, 1989; Lim et al., 1990; Zakaria Ismail, 1993).

Remarks: We consider Glyptosternum kuekenthali to be a synonym of G. major based on examination of a photograph of the type of G. kuekenthali .