Glyptothorax punyabratai, a new catfishspecies, has been described from the Brahmaputra River drainage in Arunachal Pradesh.
The species was collected from Tung Stream, a small tributary of the Tissa River, in the Brahmaputra River basin.
The new species has been named after Dr. Punyabarata Das, the founder director of ICAR-NBFGR, in honour of his immense and valuable contributions to fisheries research.