Eutropiichthys vacha explained

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]

Notes and 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. 10.1007/s00484-019-01703-3. 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. 991–1004. 2019. 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. 63. 8. 31175418. 2019IJBm...63..991S. 182950608.