Eutropiichthys vacha

Eutropiichthys vacha is a species of schilbid catfish native to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh.^[1][2] It can reach a length of 34 cm, and a mass of 1.35 kg. Eutropiichthys vacha is a climate sensitive species that may be selected as a target species for climate change impact studies. Region-specific adaptation was noticed in breeding phenology of this schilbid catfish in River Ganga, based on local trends of warming climate. A threshold water temperature around 24 °C and rainfall of > 100 mm were found to be necessary for attainment of breeding GSI (> 3.5 units) in E. vacha. It appears that warming climate may have the most profound effect on gonad maturation and spawning in E. vacha.^[3]

Eutropiichthys vacha
Eutropiichthys vacha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Schilbeidae
Genus:	Eutropiichthys
Species:	E. vacha
Binomial name
Eutropiichthys vacha Hamilton, 1822
Synonyms
Bagrus vacha Hamilton, 1822 Eutropiichthys burmannicus Day, 1877 Eutropiichthys vacha burmannicus Day, 1877 Pachypterus punctatus Swainson, 1839 Pimelodus vacha Hamilton, 1822

References

1. Bailly, N. (2015). Eutropiichthys vacha. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2015) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280759 on 2016-05-23
2. Ng, H.H. 2010. Eutropiichthys vacha. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 .
3. Sarkar, Uttam Kumar; Naskar, Malay; Srivastava, Pankaj Kumar; Roy, Koushik; Das Sarkar, Soma; Gupta, Sandipan; Bose, Arun Kumar; Nandy, Saurav Kumar; Verma, Vinod Kumar; Sudheesan, Deepa; Karnatak, Gunjan (2019). "Climato-environmental influence on breeding phenology of native catfishes in River Ganga and modeling species response to climatic variability for their conservation". International Journal of Biometeorology. 63 (8): 991–1004. Bibcode:2019IJBm...63..991S. doi:10.1007/s00484-019-01703-3. PMID 31175418. S2CID 182950608.