Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Author Alfred W. Thomson Author Lawrence M. Page text Zootaxa 2006 1345 1 96 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:25EFA792-7DA4-4E0D-A69A-12591B8422DE journal article z01345p001 25EFA792-7DA4-4E0D-A69A-12591B8422DE Glyptothorax madraspatanum (Day 1873) Glyptosternum madraspatanum Day 1873b : 526. Type locality: Bowany [Bhavani] River, Neilgherries [Nilgiris] [Cauvery drainage] , Madras State , India . Syntypes and/or Day specimens : (5) AMS B.7759 (1, syntype ?), B.8004 (1, syntype ?); NMW 46582083 (2); RMNH 2739 (1); ZMB 10798 (1), 10829 (1), 11208 (1); ZSI F1235 (1), F1313 (1). Distribution: Cauvery, Chalakudy and Tamirabarani River drainages, Western Ghats, peninsular India (Misra, 1976; Ajith Kumar et al., 1999; Arunachalam & Sankaranarayanan, 1999a; Arunachalam & Sankaranarayanan, 1999b).