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| Scientific Name | Batasio travancoria Hora & Law, 1941 |
| Common Name | Malabar Batasio (Indian) |
| Type Locality | Peruntenaruvi, tributary of Pamba River at Edakadathy, Kerala, southwestern India. |
| Pronunciation | bah tah see oh - tra van core ee ya |
| Etymology | The genus name comes from the local (Bengali) name of the fish (batasio or batashi). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 100mm or 3.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | The bagrid genus Batasio Blyth comprises of small, laterally compressed catfishes distributed in South and Southeast Asia, diagnosed from its confamilials in having large sensory pores on the head, a narrow mental region, a pair of posteriorly-directed processes on the anterior part of vomer, a transversely-elongated bar-like entopterygoid, and the metapterygoid in close contact with the quadrate but free from the hyomandibular (Mo, 1991). Batasio travancoria has a lateral stripe along the lateral line and a faint shoulder spot. The adipose fin in this species is short and is seperated from the caudal fin by a distinct notch. The caudal fin has 18-19 rays and the anal fin,12-15 rays. |
| Sexing | Not known. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Indian waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indian waters, Western Ghats Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Vulnerable, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2010. |
| Temperature | 20.0-25.0°C or 68-77°F (Show species within this range) |
| Other Parameters | The water should be cool and heavily oxygenated with a good flow as these fish occur in hill streams.Anything above 25 C will hamper long term survival as these fish tend to burn away at higher temperatures. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Is known to take processed food but prefers live food like blood worms, frozen brine shrimp etc. Needs sometime to gradually get weaned off live foods. Spot feeding will help in case tank mates are voracious feeders. User data. |
| Furniture | Fine sand for the bottom and smooth pebbles / rocks. Cover / hiding spots can be created with either plants or wood. |
| Compatibility | A peaceful species suitable for a hillstream biotope. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Peaceful Cyprinids like Puntius or Oreichthys and Balitorine loaches like Schistura or Nemacheilus species. |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 43 (pt 1), pp 40, Pl. 2 (figs. 7-9); Fig. 3. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2020 Oct 28 14:00 (species record created: 2010 Mar 23 14:01) |