Bangana devdevi
Formerly Labeo devdevi Hora, 1936 · Labeo cephalus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1842 · Sinilabeo cirrhinoides Wu & Lin, in Wu, :, 1977
Last revised 2026Edit this page
On this page5 sections
Quick factsEdit
Difficulty3 of 8 measures
- Space
- very large tank
- Water
- unknown
- Temp
- unknown
- Diet
- unknown
- Temperament
- unknown
- Social
- fine alone
- Compatibility
- choose tankmates carefully
Other demands
Each of these can raise the rating on its own, whatever the measures above say.
- Hardiness
- unknown
- Needs a very large tank
Bangana devdevi is a cyprinid known with certainty from the Irrawaddy system in Manipur, India, and Myanmar, and the Salween in Myanmar and Thailand. Records from the Red River basin in Vietnam appear questionable. It presumably inhabits flowing river channels and larger tributaries and migrates seasonally, as related species do.
Etymology
EditBangana: from the Bengali vernacular banggana, used in reference to "most species" of Mugil (Mugilidae) and certain cyprinids, all of which possess an “elevated longitudinal ridge on the middle of the lower jaw”.
devdevi: in honour of Dev Dev Mukerji, Technical Assistant, Zoological Survey of India, who first noted that this species was distinct from B. dero.
Distribution
EditKnown with certainty from the Irrawaddy River system in Manipur state, India, and Myanmar, and the Salween watershed in eastern Myanmar and northwestern Thailand. Records from the Red River basin in Vietnam appear questionable.
Type locality is 'Burma: Myitkyina District: Mali Hka basin: Phungin Hka;'.
Habitat
Write a noteEditPresumably inhabits flowing river channels and larger tributaries and is migratory on a seasonal basis, as in related species.
References
- Hora, S. L. (1936). On a further collection of fish from the Naga Hills. Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 38 (pt 3), 317-331
- Kottelat, M. (2013). The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27, 1-663
Species images · 1
These photographs are used with each photographer's permission.
Send a photograph