Myersglanis Hora & Silas, 1952b Exostoma blythii Day, 1869 Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Alfred W. Thomson Lawrence M. Page Zootaxa 2006 1345 1 96 5W8W 400084 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:03336E7C-2732-46B2-8FB4-12EAF8E099DD Actinopterygii Sisoridae Myersglanis Animalia Myersglanis Hora & Silas 1952:19 Siluriformes 71 Chordata genus  Fig. 22   Myersglanis Hora & Silas, 1952b: 19. (Type species: Exostoma blythii Day, 1869, by original designation). Gender masculine.  Diagnosis (based, in part, on Vishwanath & Kosygin 1999): Continuous post-labial groove; gill openings not extending onto venter; homodont dentition; pointed teeth in both jaws; tooth patches in upper jaw joined and not produced posteriorly at the sides; 10 or 16-19 branched pectoral rays.  Myersglanisis distinguished from Glyptosternon, Glaridoglanis, Euchiloglanis, Pareuchiloglanisand Parachiloglanisby having a continuous post-labial groove (Table 5). Myersglanisis distinguished from Exostomaand Pseudexostomaby having tooth patches joined (vs. separated) in the upper jaw. It is further distinguished from Exostomaby having pointed teeth in both jaws (vs. teeth oar-shaped, flatted distally). Myersglanisis distinguished from Oreoglanisand Pseudexostomaby having homodont dentition in the upper and lower jaws (vs. heterodont dentition in the lower jaw in Oreoglanisand heterodont dentition in the upper and lower jaws in Pseudexostoma).   FIGURE 22. Myserglanis jayarami, MUMF 2138, holotype, 82.0 mm SL. Photograph by W. Vishwanath.  Description: 7 dorsal rays; 10 or 16-19 branched pectoral-fin rays; 6 pelvic-fin rays; 8 anal-fin rays. Head depressed; body elongate, depressed anteriorly. Eyes minute, dorsal, subcutaneous. Lips thick, fleshy, papillated. Teeth pointed; tooth patches in upper jaw joined, ovoid-shaped; that in lower jaw divided medially, pointed posteriorly at sides. Maxillary barbel with well-developed membrane, soft base, and striated pad of adhesive skin. Gill openings narrow, not extending below pectoral-fin base. Branchiostegal membranesconfluent with isthmus. Coracoid process not externally visible. No thoracic adhesive apparatus. Paired fins plaited to form an adhesive apparatus.  Distribution: Ganges and Irrawaddy drainages, India and Nepal (Vishwanath & Kosygin, 1999).