Diagnosis. Glyptothorax mibangi can be distinguished from its congeners in the Ganga–Brahmaputra and Barak–
Surma–Meghna basins by the following combination of characters: an obtuse, leaf-shaped thoracic adhesive
apparatus with a spindle-shaped median depression, skin ridges present over entire apparatus, including the
depressed region; ventral surface of pectoral spine and first pelvic-fin ray non-plaited; body slender with a depth of
10.4–13.5% SL; caudal peduncle shallow with a depth 6.8–8.3% SL; snout long with 52.9–58.6% HL; and 2+7 gill
rakers on the first branchial arch.