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  • Gagata melanopterus
  • Gagata melanopterus
  • Gagata melanopterus
  • Gagata melanopterus
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Scientific Name Gagata melanopterus  Roberts & Ferraris, 1998
Common Name
Type Locality Yangon Division, Hlaing River, 16°53'41"N, 96°05'28"E, Myanmar.
Pronunciation Gah gah tah
Etymology The generic name comes from the local name of the fish (keyakatta). 
Down Species Information
Size 158mm or 6.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Down Habitat Information
Distribution Asia: Irrawaddy, Sittang and lower Salween basins in Myanmar.
Myanmar Waters, Irrawaddy (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Myanmar Waters, Sittang (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Salween, Lower Salween (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
Down Husbandry Information
Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
Down Further Information
Reference Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 50 (no. 14), pp 330, Fig. 10.
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Last Update 2019 Oct 08 07:54 (species record created: 2005 Aug 20 00:00)