Conta conta

Conta conta, the Conta catfish, is a species of South Asian river catfish. This species grows to a length of 7.8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL.

Conta conta
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Erethistidae
Genus:	Conta
Species:	C. conta
Binomial name
Conta conta (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
Pimelodus conta Hamilton, 1822 Hara conta (Hamilton, 1822) Hara elongata Day, 1872 Conta elongata (Day, 1872) Erethistes elongata (Day, 1872)

Distribution and habitat

C. conta is distributed in the Ganges and Brahmaputra drainages, India and Bangladesh.[1] C. conta is also listed to originate from Bhareli and Mahananda Rivers, northeast Bengal, Garo Hills, Meghalaya; and Bangladesh; and also Sarda River, Uttar Pradesh.[2] This species occurs in rocky streams at the bases of hills.

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Conta conta" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

1. Thomson, Alfred W.; Page, Lawrence M. (2006). "Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1345: 1–96.
2. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.