Exostoma sawmteai Lalramliana, Lalronunga, Lalnuntluanga & Ng, 2015
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Exostoma sawmteai is a species of sisorid catfish in the family Sisoridae. It is found in the Pharsih River, which is a tributary of the Tuivai River in the Barak River drainage in Mizoram, north-eastern India.
Wikipedia contributors, Exostoma sawmteai; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:32:41.104626+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Exostoma sawmteai Lalramliana, Lalronunga, Lalnuntluanga & Ng, 2015
- Name authority
- Lalramliana, Lalronunga, Lalnuntluanga & Ng, 2015
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Sisoridae
- Genus
- Exostoma
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familySisoridae Bleeker, 1858
- subfamilyGlyptosterninae Gill, 1861
- genusExostoma Blyth, 1860
- speciesExostoma sawmteai Lalramliana, Lalronunga, Lalnuntluanga & Ng, 2015
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Exostoma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Exostoma barakense Vishwanath & Joyshree, 2007 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Exostoma stuarti (Hora, 1923) | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Exostoma mangdechhuensis Thoni & Gurung, 2018 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Exostoma berdmorei Blyth, 1860 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Exostoma ianthinum (Sluiter, 1909) | PolycitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Exostoma labiatum (McClelland, 1842) | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Exostoma peregrinator Ng & Vidthayanon, 2014 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Exostoma tenuicaudatum Tamang, Sinha & Gurumayum, 2015 | SisoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Lalramliana, Lalronunga, S., Lalnuntlunga, & Ng, H. H. (2015). Exostoma sawmteai, a new sisorid catfish from northeast India (Teleostei: Sisoridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:D5GMP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.