Madras
Female
Male
Stamp
Pair - female above
Sport Colouration
Sport Colouration
Sport Colouration
Pondicherry, India
Short Posterior Fontanel indicated by arrow.
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| Scientific Name | Mystus vittatus (Bloch, 1794) |
| Common Names | Asian Striped Catfish Indian Streifenwels (Germany), Pyjama Striped Catfish, Stribet Malle (Denmark), Striped Dwarf Catfish |
| Type Locality | Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. |
| Synonym(s) | Aoria vittatus, Bagrus vittatus, Macrones vittatus, Mystus vittatus vittatus, Silurus vittatus |
| 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. Named after the genus, Bagrus, which refers to the Arabic name of a fish. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 210mm or 8.3" 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. 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 | Primarily Asia but a handful of species in Africa. Indian waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pakistan Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Nepal Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Bangladesh Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Sri Lanka Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , a distribution map is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009. |
| pH | 6.0 - 7.4 |
| Temperature | 22.0-28.0°C or 71.6-82.4°F (Show species within this range) |
| 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 Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 8, pp 50, Pl. 371 (fig. 2). |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.8.14.20 | |
| Last Update | Thu Nov 03, 2022 9:26 pm (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am) |