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| Scientific Name | Batasio sharavatiensis Bhatt & Jayaram, 2004 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | River Sharavati, 14°14'N, 74°49'E, Joginmatha, Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India. |
| Pronunciation | bah tah see oh - sha raa va thee en sis |
| Etymology | The genus name comes from the local (Bengali) name of the fish (batasio or batashi). This species is named after its type locality, the Sharavati River. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 107mm or 4.2" 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 sharavatiensis is differentiated from its congeners by the absence of stripes or spots and an adipose fin that is almost confluent with the caudal fin but for a narrow notch. |
| Sexing | Not known. |
| General Remarks | Not exported for the trade as yet. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: River Sharavati in Karnataka, India. Indian waters, Andhra Pradesh State Waters, Krishna, Tungabhadra, Tunga (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indian waters, Western Ghats Waters, Sharavati (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indian waters, Karnataka State Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indian waters, Western Ghats Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2010. |
| Temperature | 20.0-25.0°C or 68-77°F (Show species 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. User data. |
| 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 in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Zoos' Print Journal v. 19 (no. 2), pp 1339, Figs. 2-4. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 11:55 (species record created: 2011 Sep 23 08:45) |