Batasio travancoria • Bagridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Batasio travancoria** Hora & Law, 1941
Common Name(s)	Malabar Batasio (English, Indian)
Type Locality	Peruntenaruvi, tributary of Pamba River at Edakadathy, Kerala, southwestern India.
Pronunciation	bah tah see oh - tra van core ee ya
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). Batasio travancoria has a lateral stripe along the lateral line and a faint shoulder spot. The adipose fin in this species is short and is seperated from the caudal fin by a distinct notch. The caudal fin has 18-19 rays and the anal fin,12-15 rays.
Sexing	Not known.
Habitat Information
Distribution	India. Indian waters, Western Ghats Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	20.0-25.0°C or 68-77°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	The water should be cool and heavily oxygenated with a good flow as these fish occur in hill streams.Anything above 25 C will hamper long term survival as these fish tend to burn away at higher temperatures.
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.
Furniture	Fine sand for the bottom and smooth pebbles / rocks. Cover / hiding spots can be created with either plants or wood.
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.
Further Information
References	Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 43 (pt 1) A New Species Of The Genus Batasio Blyth (Siluriformes : Bagridae) From Sharavati River, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka : Anuradha Bhatt & K.C.Jayaram
Registered Keepers	(1) Shovelnose. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Batasio travancoria Hora & Law, 1941

Common Name(s)

Malabar Batasio (English, Indian)

Type Locality

Peruntenaruvi, tributary of Pamba River at Edakadathy, Kerala, southwestern India.

Pronunciation

bah tah see oh - tra van core ee ya

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).

Batasio travancoria has a lateral stripe along the lateral line and a faint shoulder spot. The adipose fin in this species is short and is seperated from the caudal fin by a distinct notch. The caudal fin has 18-19 rays and the anal fin,12-15 rays.

Sexing

Not known.

Habitat Information

Distribution

India.
Indian waters, Western Ghats Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Temperature

20.0-25.0°C or 68-77°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

The water should be cool and heavily oxygenated with a good flow as these fish occur in hill streams.Anything above 25 C will hamper long term survival as these fish tend to burn away at higher temperatures.

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.

Furniture

Fine sand for the bottom and smooth pebbles / rocks. Cover / hiding spots can be created with either plants or wood.

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.

Further Information

References

Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 43 (pt 1)
A New Species Of The Genus Batasio Blyth (Siluriformes : Bagridae) From Sharavati River, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka : Anuradha Bhatt & K.C.Jayaram

Registered Keepers

(1) Shovelnose.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.