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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) >
Siluriformes (Catfish) >
Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Etymology: Batasio: Malabar voice as the name of the fish (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?
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. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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