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Scientific Name	**Mystus bocourti** (Bleeker, 1864)
Common Names	Silver Lancer Hi Fin Mystus, King Bagrid, Koenigs-Stachelwels (Germany)
Type Locality	Mé-Nam River at Bangkok, Thailand.
Synonym(s)	Heterobagrus bocourti, Prajadhipokia rex
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	240mm or 9.4" 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. Distinguished from all other Mystus (indeed, from all other Asian Bagridae except Bagrichthys spp.) by its extraordinary high dorsal fin, involving great elongation of the non-serrate dorsal fin spine and first three or four soft rays.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Chao Phraya and Mekong basins. Rare throughout its range. Reported from Maeklong River. Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there) Thailand Waters, Chao Praya (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Vulnerable , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2007.
pH	6.5 - 7.2
Temperature	22.0-25.0°C or 71.6-77°F (Show species within this range)
Other Parameters	dH 10-20.
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	Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 16 (no. 3), pp 355, Pl.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 11:54 (species record created: 2002 Nov 11 00:00)