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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) >
Siluriformes (Catfish) >
Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Etymology: Mystus: Greek, mystax = whiskered, used by Belon in 1553 to describe all fishes with whiskers (Ref. 45335).
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Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical, preferred ?
Distribution
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Asia: India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86732)
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Grant, S., 2006. The striped catfishes of the genus Mystus Scopoli, 1777 (Siluriformes: Bagridae). Journal of the catfish study group (UK) 5 (2): 5-17 [updated version 13 pp.]. [Originally published in 2004 as above, updated version available from 22 Apr. 2006 at scotcat.com.] (Ref. 86732)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
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Harmless
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