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Name
Scientific name
Batasio travancoria
Described by
Authority Hora & Law, Year 1941
Family
Bagridae
Common names
Malabar Batasio
Photograph credits
All 1 credited
Summary
The Malabar batasio, Batasio travancoria, is a bagrid catfish endemic to southern Kerala, India, in the Pamba, Chittar and Kallada drainage…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
100mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 120 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 18–25°C, pH 6–7
Hardness
2–12dGH
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
India, Chittar, Kallada, Pamba
Writing
Etymology
Not written yet
Distribution
Described from 'Peruntenaruvi', a tributary of the Pamba River in Kottayam district, Kerala state, southwestern India, and also known from the Chittar and Kall…
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
Unknown. In some congeners males are reported to 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. Spawning can apparently be triggered by performing one or more large, 50-70%, water cha…
Notes
The only other described member of the genus native to southwestern India is B. sharavtiensis which occurs a little further north than B. travancoria in Karnat…
References
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