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Name
Scientific name
Batasio fluviatilis
Described by
Authority Day, Year 1888, Bracketed
Family
Bagridae
Common names
Not recorded
Photograph credits
All 3 credited
Summary
Batasio fluviatilis is a small bagrid catfish from southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, below the Isthmus of Kra. Like its congeners …
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
72mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 120 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 16–24°C, pH 6–7
Hardness
1–12dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Not recorded
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Community-safe
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
Malaysia, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
Writing
Etymology
Not written yet
Distribution
Type locality is a stream in the district of Ron Phibun, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand, and the species is known from other localities below …
Habitat
Batasio spp. are obligate inhabitants of headwater streams and the upper reaches of smaller rivers characterised by shallow, fast-flowing, highly-oxygenated st…
Aquarium size
A tank with base dimensions of 120 ∗ 30 cm or equivalent should be the smallest considered.
Maintenance
Not difficult to maintain under the correct conditions but largely unsuitable for the 'general' community aquarium. We recommend keeping it in a set-up designe…
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
Likely to feed small aquatic crustaceans, worms, insect larvae and other zooplankton in nature, and the captive diet should therefore comprise largely of small…
Behaviour and compatibility
Not especially competitive and should not be kept with much larger or more aggressive fishes. Suitably-sized, peaceful, schooling cyprinids are ideal, or if ge…
Sexual dimorphism
Males possess a clearly visibly, elongate genital papilla anterior to the anal fin.
Reproduction
Success has been achieved with at least two other members of the genus, of which this is one. Spawning can apparently be triggered by performing one or more la…
Notes
Batasio havmolleri (Smith, 1931) is currently considered a junior synonym of B. fluviatilis. Members of the genus Batasio are characterised by the following co…
References
References
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