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| Scientific Name | Batasio pakistanicus Mirza & Jan, 1989 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Jinnah Barrage (River Indus) [Pakistan]. |
| Pronunciation | bah tah see oh - paa kiss thaan ee cuss |
| Etymology | The genus name comes from the local (Bengali) name of the fish (batasio or batashi). This species is named after the country of its origin. |
| Species Information | |
| 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 pakistanicus has a short adipose fin, a humeral spot and a dark streak on the dorsum.The pectoral fin rays of this species reach the origin of the pelvic fin. |
| Sexing | Not known. |
| General Remarks | Treated as a synonym of Batasio batasio by Jayaram (1999). |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: Indus River. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| 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 | Science Khyber v. 2 (no. 2), pp 283. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 11:55 (species record created: 2011 Sep 23 08:43) |