Batasio travancoria Hora & Law, 1941
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Batasio travancoria, the Travancore batasio, is a species of freshwater fish endemic to southern Kerala. It was described from a tributary of Pamba River in Kerala state of India, known as Peruthenaruvi. The species is dependent on high habitat quality and does not tolerate organic wastes in the water. It is classified as a vulnerable species by the IUCN.
Wikipedia contributors, Batasio travancoria; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:08:49.128006+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Batasio travancoria Hora & Law, 1941
- Name authority
- Hora & Law, 1941
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Bagridae
- Genus
- Batasio
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyBagridae Bleeker, 1858
- genusBatasio Blyth, 1860
- speciesBatasio travancoria Hora & Law, 1941
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Batasio. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Batasio convexirostrum Darshan, Anganthoibi & Vishwanath, 2011 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Batasio fasciolatus Ng, 2006 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Batasio flavus Plamoottil, 2015 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Batasio macronotus Ng & Edds, 2004 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Batasio pakistanicus Mirza & Jan, 1989 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Batasio procerus Ng, 2008 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Batasio spilurus Ng, 2006 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Batasio eugenius Ng, 2025 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Batasio tengana (Hamilton, 1822) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Hora, S. L., & Law, N. C. (1941). Siluroid fishes of India, Burma and Ceylon. IX. Fishes of the genera Gagata Bleeker and Nangra Day. X. Fishes of the genus Batasio Blyth. Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta), 43 (1): 9–42, Pls. 1–2. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v43/i2/1941/162407 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:KVZG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.