A new species of the genus Batasio Blyth (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Sharavati River, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka (original) (raw)

New Description

• Anuradha Bhatt,
• K.C. Jayaram

Published 2004-02-21

Abstract

Batasio sharavatiensis a new bagrid catfish is described from the River Sharavati, Uttara Kannada District, Karantaka, India. It differs from all the known species of the genus in having a plain body without any bands or bars, spots or stripes and also in having a long adipose dorsal fin almost adnate with the caudal fin but separate by a indistinct notch.