Batasio
affinis Blyth, 1860 |
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| Image
contributors to this species: |
| Johnny
Jensen's Photographic Library
(3) |
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| Relevant
Information: |
Dorsal spines (total):
1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 12. 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. 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. Batasio species generally are found in fast-flowing
hillstreams. Southeast Asian Batasio will tolerate
slightly warmer waters than their Indian counterparts. It
appears that all Batasio need a lot of current and
a high oxygen content. |
| Common
Name: |
None |
| Synonyms: |
Macrones affinis,
Macrones blythii,
Batasio niger |
| Family: |
Bagridaemblycipitidae |
| 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:
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7.5cm
SL ( 3ins) |
| Temp: |
24-27°C (75-81°F) |
| p.H. |
6.5-7.0. |
| Reference: |
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.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue
of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. |
