/siluriformes/bagridae/batasio/feruminatus/1.jpg "Batasio feruminatus")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Batasio feruminatus Ng & Kottelat, 2008 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Stream "Chon Son" between Kyondaw and Phadaw, about 20 kilometers northwest of Payathonzu, at border with Thailand, 15°25'N, 98°15'E, Ataran drainage, Kayin State, Myanmar. |
| Pronunciation | bah tah see oh |
| Etymology | The genus name comes from the local (Bengali) name of the fish (batasio or batashi). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 60mm or 2.4" 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). |
| Sexing | Not known. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: Ataran River drainage in Myanmar. Salween, Ataran (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Is known to take processed food but prefers live food like blood worms, frozen brine shrimp etc. Needs sometime to gradually get weaned off live foods. Spot feeding will help in case tank mates are voracious feeders. User data. |
| Compatibility | A peaceful species suitable for a hillstream biotope. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Peaceful Cyprinids like Puntius or Oreichthys and Balitorine loaches like Schistura or Nemacheilus species. |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 18 (no. 4) [for 2007], pp 295, Fig. 7 |
| 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. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.8.222.1927 | |
| Last Update | 2020 Jan 23 12:02 (species record created: 2008 Jan 07 13:47) |
