Batasio affinis

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Family:	Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Max. size:	7.44 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:	benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:	Asia: Irrawaddy, Sittang and Ataran River drainages in Myanmar; and Chindwin River drainage in India. Expected to be present in the Salween River drainage.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-6; Anal soft rays: 12-12. Greyish brown body with a dark brown predorsal oblique bar and a dark brown spot on the side of the body below the adipose fin, dark brown band on distal half of dorsal fin. Dorsal-spine length 14.0% SL; body depth at anus 18.0% SL; snout length 36.0% HL; eye diameter 24.4% HL; interorbital distance 31.7% HL (Ref. 44354).
Biology:
IUCN Red List Status:	Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 09 March 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:	harmless
Country info:	Found in the Irrawaddy, Sittang and Ataran River drainages in Myanmar. Expected to be present in the Salween River drainage (Ref. 74340). Recorded from the Tenasserim River basin and "Tenasserim Provinces" in southern Myanmar (Ref. 44354).

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