A review of the genus Batasio (Teleostei: Bagridae) in Indochina, with the description of B. tigrinus sp. n. from Thailand

Additional record of Batasio merianiensis (Chaudhuri 1913), a catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) in upper Brahmaputra River drainage in Arunachal Pradesh, India

“…Surveys were conducted during October 2012 in (Ng & Kottelat 2001). The number written in parentheses after a specific fin ray count indicates the number of specimens examined.…”

First Record of Batasio Spilurus Ng from the Siang River of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeastern India (Teleostei: Bagridae)

“…Hora and Law (1941), Jayaram (1977), and Ng and Kottelat (2001) (Chaudhuri, 1913) from Sille River, a tributary of Siang River in East Siang district (Tamang and Sinha, 2014), Batasio tengana (Hamilton, 1822) from Noadhing River (Nath and Dey, 2000) and Batasio batasio (Hamilton, 1822) by Sen (2000) without mentioning the place of its occurrence. Present investigators also encountered B. batasio from the Siang, Subanshri, and Dibang Rivers of the state.…”

“…Methods of measurements and fin count followed Ng and Kottelat (2001). Measurement was made using a digital caliper taken nearest to the tenth of a millimeter.…”

Inventory of fishes in the upper Pelus River (Perak river basin, Perak, Malaysia)

“…It can be distinguished from all congeners, except by B. merianiensis, by having an adult color pattern consisting of a dark oblique predorsal bar and dark spot on the lateral of the body, just ventral to the adipose-fin base. This fish occurs in rivers and streams with moderate to swift current and a predominantly rocky bottom; it is less often in slow-flowing streams with a muddy substrate (Ng and Kottelat 2001).…”