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Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Etymology: Batasio: Malabar voice as the name of the fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Francis Day CIE (1829–1889) was Inspector-General of Fisheries in India (1871–1877) and Burma and an ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Salween and Irrawaddy River drainages in Myanmar.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 52416)
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 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.
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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. (Ref. 44354)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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