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Eponymy: Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1811–1872) was a British physician with both zoological and botanical interests. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Day.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 7.0 - ? ; dH range: 8 - 15. Tropical; 18°C - 24°C (Ref. 12468)
Asia: India and Bangladesh.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85009); common length : 2.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41236)
Occurs in slow-moving hill streams with sandy bottom (Ref. 4833), rivers and beels (Ref. 1479). A very sluggish fish.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. (Ref. 58032)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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