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Gagata cenia (Hamilton, 1822)

Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 9 - 12; Vertebrae: 35 - 36. Matures at less than 7 cm SL. Dorsal with dark saddles extending ventrally only to lateral line. Caudal fin with transverse black bar across peduncle and round or square black spot on middle of each lobe. Dorsal fin with black spot on distal part of anterior rays. Anal fin with 4-5 simple rays, 9-11 branched rays. Upper jaw and 4th ceratobranchial toothless; lower jaw with few conical teeth in pocket or depression near symphysis. Snout tip acutely pointed in lateral view, with tip separated from the rest of the snout by distinct notch (Ref. 40780).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Sisoridae

Genus: Gagata

Species: Gagata cenia (Hamilton, 1822)

Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Asia: widely distributed in the Ganges basin, the Indus River system, and the Mahanadi River. Reported from Myanmar (Ref. 4833) and the Salwin River (=Salween River) in Thailand (Ref. 1632).

    • Biology

    Found in fresh and tidal rivers (Ref. 41236).

    Habitat

    brackish