Got a picture?
Please do send it in!
All Fishes Data Sheet | |
---|---|
Scientific Name | Mystus horai Jayaram, 1954 |
Common Name | Indus Catfish |
Type Locality | Indus River at Kalabagh, Pakistan. |
Pronunciation | miss tuss |
Etymology | The generic name is probably derived from the Latin mystax, meaning moustache, in reference to the long barbels. It was first used by Scopoli in 1777 making it a very old genus that has included many catfishes from throughout the world at one time or another. |
Species Information | |
Size | 165mm or 6.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Identification | Fishes of the genus Mystus Scopoli are small to medium-sized bagrid catfishes occurring in South Asia. Roberts (1994) recognized Mystus to have an elongate cranial fontanel reaching up to the base of the occipital process, long maxillary barbel, very long adipose fin, 11–30 gill rakers on the first gill arch and 37–46 total vertebrae, about equally divided between abdominal and caudal regions. He included only eight species under the genus. Mo (1991) characterized the genus to have a thin needle-like first infraorbital, twisted and thickened metapterygoid loosely attached to the quadrate by means of ligament or a small extent of cartilage. Jayaram & Sanyal (2003) and Ferraris (2007) respectively listed 44 and 33 species of Mystus as valid. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | Asia: appears to be endemic to Pakistan. Has never been recorded since its original discovery. Pakistan Waters, Indus (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Vulnerable, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
Husbandry Information | |
Feeding | Easily adapts to a wide variety of frozen and prepared food in the aquarium. May eat very small fish. User data. |
Breeding | Unreported. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 51 (pt 4), pp 536, Fig. 4; Pl. 19. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
Forum BBCode | |
Look up M. horai on PlanetCatfish.com | |
Look up M. horai on Fishbase | |
Look up M. horai on Encyclopedia of Life | |
Look up M. horai on Global Biodiversity Information Facility | |
LFS label creator | |
Last Update | 2020 Oct 16 09:56 (species record created: 2011 Sep 24 06:08) |