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Scientific Name	**Batasio batasio** (Hamilton, 1822)
Common Name
Type Locality	Jolpigory, Tista River, northern Bengal, India.
Synonym(s)	Gagata batasio, Pimelodus batasio
Pronunciation	bah tah see oh - bah tah see oh
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). Easily distinguished by its compressed body, short barbels, pale yellow body with a black midlateral stripe.
Sexing	Males have an elongate genital papilla in front of the anal fin.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Reported from Bhutan. Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Ganges (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
pH	6.0 - 7.0
Temperature	18.0-25.0°C or 64.4-77°F (Show species within this range)
Other Parameters	Current preferred.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Shows a marked preference for live/frozen food. User data.
Furniture	Provide plenty of rocks as hiding places.
Compatibility	Peaceful, somewhat delicate fish that should be kept in small groups of 3-4 individuals. Best kept in a well-oxygenated tank with a vigorous current. Ideal tankmates include balitorine loaches such as Homaloptera, and fast-swimming cyprinids such as Danio or Barilius.
Suggested Tankmates	Peaceful Cyprinids like Puntius or Oreichthys and Balitorine loaches like Schistura or Nemacheilus species.
Breeding	Not reported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges, pp 179, 377, Pl. 23 (fig. 60).
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2020 Nov 08 03:09 (species record created: 2002 Oct 02 00:00)