Batasio
merianiensis (Chaudhuri, 1913) |
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Beta
Mahatvaraj (5) |
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| Relevant
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The specimen pictured
was collected in Goalpara District, Assam, India. Batasio
species are small, laterally compressed bagrid catfishes generally
found in fast-flowing hill streams throughout South Asia, Myanmar,
the Salween and Mae Khlong drainages of Thailand and the northern
Malay Peninsula. They are diagnosed (together with Chandramara)
from other members of the Bagridae in possessing large sensory
pores on the head, a narrow mental region, the transversely
elongated, bar-like entopterygoid, and the close contact of
the metapterygoid with the quadrate (Mo, 1991). Batasio
is distinguished from Chandramara by the absence (vs.
presence) of a pair of prominent posterior processes on the
anterior part of the vomer. Differs from B. affinis
in having a shorter adipose fin 4.5 in standard length versus
2.9; shorter head, longer maxillary barbels and shorter head,
longer maxillary barbels and snout and a smooth dorsal spine.
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| Synonyms: |
Macrones
merianiensis |
| Family: |
Bagridaemblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Asia:
India. |
| Size:
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7cm
SL ( 2¾ins) |
| Temp: |
24-27°C
(75-81°F) |
| p.H. |
6.5-7.0. |
| Reference: |
Heok Hee Ng
and Maurice Kottelat 2007. Batasio feruminatus, a new
species of bagrid catfish from Myanmar (Siluriformes: Bagridae),
with notes on the identity of B. affinis and B. fluviatilis.
K.C. Jayaram. 2006, Catfishes of India. Narendera
Publishing House. 383p. |
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