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| Scientific Name | Batasio fluviatilis (Smith, 1931) |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Klong Thalerng near Ban Pon Phibun, Malay Peninsula, Thailand |
| Synonym(s) | Batasio havmolleri, Mystus havmolleri, Mystus stigmaturus |
| Pronunciation | bah tah see oh - floo vee ah till uss |
| Etymology | The genus name comes from the local (Bengali) name of the fish (batasio or batashi). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 72mm (2.8") 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 pattern of a dark pre-dorsal bar and a spot below the middle of the adipose-fin base. Juvenile fish have a pattern of vertical bars. |
| Sexing | Males have an elongate genital papilla in front of the anal fin. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Malay Peninsula. Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 6.0 - 7.0 |
| Temperature | 16.0-22.0°C or 60.8-71.6°F (Show others within this range) |
| Other Parameters | Current preferred. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Shows a marked preference for live/frozen food. |
| 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 | Has reproduced in the aquarium. |
| Further Information | |
| Registered Keepers | (1) drgold (k: 4), who also notes: "Scatters eggs on plants and other decor. I got them to spawn after a large, cold water change that dropped the temp 10 degrees F. The fish became very active immediately after the water change and spawned that night when the lights went out. They cou", (2) Dinyar, (3) Suckermouth, (4) scotty105 (k: 6), (5) drpleco (k: 4). Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2008 Jan 19 05:19 (species record created: 2002 Mar 05 00:00) |
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