Family : Schilbeidae (Schilbid catfishes)
Order : Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Khavalchor catfish
Fish Name : Neotropius khavalchor
Max size : 15.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4833)
Environment : demersal
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: of no interest
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Asia: Krishna river system in Maharashtra and middle Pennar River in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Inhabit slow moving turbid streams (Ref. 41236). Oviparous, eggs are unguarded (Ref. 205)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4833)

India country information
Common Names : Khavalchor catfish, खावाळचोर, Ilimeenu, Khavalchor
Status : endemic
Salinity : freshwater
Uses : no uses