Batasio flavus

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Bagridae
Genus: Batasio
Species: Batasio flavus

Name

Batasio flavus Plamoottil, 2015

• Holotype: ZSI/ANRC 12228 .
• Paratypes: ZSI/ANRC 12229 (3).

Type locality: India: Kerala, Manimala River at Paduthode.

Etymology: The specific epithet flavus is a Latin word meaning ‘light yellow’ refers to the color of the body of the fish.

References

• Plamoottil, M. 2015. Batasio flavus, a new catfish species (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology 5(5): 1799–1808. PDF Reference page.