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Batasio affinis Blyth, 1860

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Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 12. Dorsal-spine length 14.0% SL; body depth at anus 18.0% SL; snout length 36.0% HL; eye diameter 24.4% HL; interorbital distance 31.7% HL. Colouration: Greyish brown body with a dark brown predorsal oblique bar and a dark brown spot on the side of the body below the adipose fin, dark brown band on distal half of dorsal fin. Habitat: Batasio species generally are found in fast-flowing hillstreams. Southeast Asian Batasio will tolerate slightly warmer waters than their Indian counterparts. Aquarium Care: It appears that all Batasio need a lot of current and a high oxygen content. Etymology: The genus name Batasio: from the local (Bengali) name of the fish (batasio or batashi). The specific name affinis: related, “Exceedingly like” B. buchanani (= B. batasio).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Macrones affinis, Macrones blythii, Batasio niger

Family:

Bagridae

Distribution:

Asia: Irrawaddy, Sittang and Ataran River drainages in Myanmar; and Chindwin River drainage in India. Expected to be present in the Salween River drainage. Type locality: Tenasserim, Myanmar.

Size:

7.5cm (3ins)

Temp:

24-27°C (75-81°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.0.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat 2001. A review of the genus Batasio (Teleostei: Bagridae) in Indochina, with the description of B. tigrinus sp. n. from Thailand. Rev. Suisse Zool. 108(3):495-511.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Batasio affinis

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