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Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Etymology: Olyra: Greek, olyra = a kind of grain (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Stanley Wells Kemp (1882–1945) was a zoologist, marine biologist and anthropologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: India. Reported from Bangladesh (Ref. 1479).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1479)
Found in rivers with swift flowing, clear water and with bottom of rocks and boulders (Ref. 1479).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bockmann, F.A. and M.C.C. de Pinna, 2004. Heptapterus collettii Steindachner, 1881: a member of the Asian bagrid genus Olyra erroneously assigned to the Neotropical fauna (Siluriformes: Ostariophysi). Copeia 2004(3):665-675. (Ref. 55745)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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