/siluriformes/bagridae/batasio/batasio/1.jpg "Batasio batasio")
/siluriformes/bagridae/batasio/batasio/2.jpg "Batasio batasio")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Batasio batasio (Hamilton, 1822) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Jolpigory, Tista River, northern Bengal, India. |
| Synonym(s) | Gagata batasio, Pimelodus batasio |
| Pronunciation | bah tah see oh - bah tah see oh |
| Etymology | The genus name comes from the local (Bengali) name of the fish (batasio or batashi). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 100mm or 3.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | The bagrid genus Batasio Blyth comprises of small, laterally compressed catfishes distributed in South and Southeast Asia, diagnosed from its confamilials in having large sensory pores on the head, a narrow mental region, a pair of posteriorly-directed processes on the anterior part of vomer, a transversely-elongated bar-like entopterygoid, and the metapterygoid in close contact with the quadrate but free from the hyomandibular (Mo, 1991). Easily distinguished by its compressed body, short barbels, pale yellow body with a black midlateral stripe. |
| Sexing | Males have an elongate genital papilla in front of the anal fin. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Reported from Bhutan. Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Ganges (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009. |
| pH | 6.0 - 7.0 |
| Temperature | 18.0-25.0°C or 64.4-77°F (Show species within this range) |
| Other Parameters | Current preferred. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Shows a marked preference for live/frozen food. User data. |
| Furniture | Provide plenty of rocks as hiding places. |
| Compatibility | Peaceful, somewhat delicate fish that should be kept in small groups of 3-4 individuals. Best kept in a well-oxygenated tank with a vigorous current. Ideal tankmates include balitorine loaches such as Homaloptera, and fast-swimming cyprinids such as Danio or Barilius. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Peaceful Cyprinids like Puntius or Oreichthys and Balitorine loaches like Schistura or Nemacheilus species. |
| Breeding | Not reported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges, pp 179, 377, Pl. 23 (fig. 60). |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 3 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
| Forum BBCode | |
| Search for B. batasio | |
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 | Look up B. batasio on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up B. batasio on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.8.222.931 | |
| Last Update | 2020 Nov 08 03:09 (species record created: 2002 Oct 02 00:00) |
