<i>Glyptothorax chakpiensis</i>, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Manipur, India

Glyptothorax chakpiensis is described from the Chakpi River, Chindwin drainage of Manipur, India. The new species is distinguished from its congeners in the Chindwin River in having a lanceolate-shaped thoracic adhesive apparatus, with a median depression almost enclosed posteriorly by skin ridges; a short nasal barbel not reaching the anterior margin of the orbit; a slender body, its depth at the dorsal-fin origin: 10.4–13.1% SL and at anus: 11.2–12.0% SL, and body with two longitudinal yellowish stripes.