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Scientific Name	**Batasio fluviatilis** (Day, 1888)
Common Name
Type Locality	Anin stream, near Weywoon [Wewun] 15°35'N, 97°43'E. Wagroo, Tenasserim, Myanmar.
Synonym(s)	Batasio havmolleri, Leiocassis fluviatilis, Mystus havmolleri, Mystus stigmaturus
Pronunciation	bah tah see oh - floo vee ah till uss
Etymology	The genus name comes from the local (Bengali) name of the fish (batasio or batashi).
Species Information
Size	72mm or 2.8" 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 pattern of a dark pre-dorsal bar and a spot below the middle of the adipose-fin base. Juvenile fish have a pattern of vertical bars.
Sexing	Males have an elongate genital papilla in front of the anal fin.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Malay Peninsula. Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
pH	6.0 - 7.0
Temperature	16.0-22.0°C or 60.8-71.6°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	Has reproduced in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	The fishes of India Suppl., pp 805.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 11:55 (species record created: 2002 Mar 05 00:00)