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Scientific Name: Batasio tengana (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Assamese batasio
Local/Bangla Name: Tengra batasi (টেংরা বাতাসি), Asami batasi (আসামি বাতাসি )
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Description:
Fin formula: D. II/7; Pi. I/7-8; P2. I/5; A.3/11-12; C. 15. Body is pointed. It has transperant white with a large spot that is divided into 4 lobes on occiput. First dorsal spine is too short. Adipose fin is well-marked and starts far behind from rayed dorsal. Caudal fin is forked. Tip and base of caudal and dorsal fin with black marks.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs in rivers and canals and also torrential streams.
Environment:
Freshwater (Benthopelagic; potamodromous)
Main References:

Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.

Other References:

Hossain M, Wahab M, Belton B (2012) The Checklist of the Riverine Fishes of Bangladesh. FAN Bangladesh. 1. 29-39.

IUCN Bangladesh (2015) Red List of Bangladesh Volume 5: Freshwater Fishes. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp xvi+360

DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.

Ahmed A, Rahman MM, Mandal S (2015) Biodiversity of Hillstream fishes in Bangladesh. Zootaxa. 3700. 283-92. 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.2.6.

Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.

iNaturalist (2008) Batasio tengana .https://uk.inaturalist.org/photos/23431375 . Accessed 16 July2024.

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