Conta conta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Erethistidae |
| Genus: | Conta |
| Species: | C. conta
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| Conta conta (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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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
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Distribution and habitat
C. conta is distributed in the
Sarda River, Uttar Pradesh.[2]
This species occurs in rocky streams at the bases of hills.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Conta conta" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Thomson, Alfred W.; Page, Lawrence M. (2006). "Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1345: 1–96.
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
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