Dorsal spines (total):
1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 7; Anal spines: 4; Anal soft
rays: 8. With a dark brown oblique predorsal bar; distal 4/5
of the dorsal fin dark brown with a narrow hyaline distal margin.
Body depth at anus 19.2-20.5% SL; snout length 41-44.6% HL;
interorbital distance 22.2-25.8 % 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
dayi
Family:
Bagridaemblycipitidae
Distribution:
Asia:
Salween and Irrawaddy River drainages
in Myanmar. Type locality: Meetan; M.ti a Est
di Toungoo (Carin Biapb), Birmania, Myanmar.
Size:
8.5cm
SL ( 3½ins)
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.
