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Discription: Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 7; Anal spines: 4; Anal soft rays: 8. Body depth at anus 19.2-20.5% SL; snout length 41-44.6% HL; interorbital distance 22.2-25.8 % HL. Colouration: With a dark brown oblique predorsal bar; distal 4/5 of the dorsal fin dark brown with a narrow hyaline distal margin. 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 dayi: in memory of Francis Day (1830-1889), Inspector-General of Fisheries in India and author of “Fishes of India” (1889), an “illustrious naturalist” (translation), for his many valuable contributions to the ichthyology of India.

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Macrones dayi

Bagridae

Asia: Salween and Irrawaddy River drainages in Myanmar. Type locality: Meetan; M.ti a Est di Toungoo (Carin Biapb), Birmania, Myanmar.

8.5cm (3½ins)

24-27°C (75-81°F)

6.5-7.0.

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.