Bangana devdevi
Formerly Labeo devdevi Hora, 1936 · Labeo cephalus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1842 · Sinilabeo cirrhinoides Wu & Lin, in Wu, :, 1977
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Quick facts
Difficulty3 of 6 measures
More bars, more demanding.
- Space
- very large tank
- Water
- unknown
- Temp
- unknown
- Temperament
- unknown
- Social
- kept alone
- Compatibility
- not a community fish
Known with certainty from the Irrawaddy River system in Manipur state, India, and Myanmar, and the Salween watershed in eastern Myanmar and northwestern Thailand. Records from the Red River basin in Vietnam appear questionable. Type locality is 'Burma: Myitkyina District: Mali Hka basin: Phungin Hka;'.
Etymology
Bangana: from the Bengali vernacular banggana, used in reference to "most species" of Mugil (Mugilidae) and certain cyprinids, all of which possess an “elevated longitudinal ridge on the middle of the lower jaw”.
devdevi: in honour of Dev Dev Mukerji, Technical Assistant, Zoological Survey of India, who first noted that this species was distinct from B. dero.
Distribution
Known with certainty from the Irrawaddy River system in Manipur state, India, and Myanmar, and the Salween watershed in eastern Myanmar and northwestern Thailand. Records from the Red River basin in Vietnam appear questionable.
Type locality is 'Burma: Myitkyina District: Mali Hka basin: Phungin Hka;'.
Habitat
Presumably inhabits flowing river channels and larger tributaries and is migratory on a seasonal basis, as in related species.
References
- Hora, S. L. (1936). On a further collection of fish from the Naga Hills. Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 38 (pt 3), 317-331
- Kottelat, M. (2013). The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27, 1-663
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