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| Scientific Name | Batasio batasio (Hamilton, 1822) |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Tista R., n. Bengal. |
| 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 (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 | Ganges River drainage in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Indian waters, Padma, Ganges (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 6.0 - 7.0 |
| Temperature | 18.0-25.0°C or 64.4-77°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 | Not reported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Fishes Ganges - pp179, 377 - Pl. 23 (fig. 60) |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2005 Jul 02 00:00 (species record created: 2002 Oct 02 00:00) |
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