Conta conta

Species of fish

Conta conta

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
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)

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.

## Distribution and habitat

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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

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* Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Conta conta". 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\. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1345.1.1.1-96&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info:doi/10.11646/zootaxa.1345.1.1&rft.aulast=Thomson&rft.aufirst=Alfred+W.&rft.au=Page,+Lawrence+M.&rft_id=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/zt01345p096.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Conta+conta" class="Z3988">
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\. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.1-628&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info:doi/10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1&rft.aulast=Ferraris&rft.aufirst=Carl+J.+Jr.&rft_id=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Conta+conta" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Conta conta|

* Wikidata: Q3762347
* BioLib: 313289
* BOLD: 211455
* CoL: XVB6
* EoL: 338995
* FishBase: 24803
* GBIF: 2341495
* iNaturalist: 98349
* IRMNG: 11034351
* ITIS: 681286
* IUCN: 166524
* NCBI: 385273
* Open Tree of Life: 693709
* Plazi: E70B1FDB-F471-B303-94FE-B18F8A468894
* WoRMS: 1026873
* ZooBank: E94D34A8-8548-4319-8002-62FDA67C0383

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