Biology:Mystus vittatus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Striped Dwarf Catfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Mystus |
| Species: | M. vittatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mystus vittatus (Bloch, 1794)
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Mystus vittatus, the striped dwarf catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae.[3] It is found in brackish water systems with marginal vegetation in lakes and swamps with a mud substrate of Asian countries Pakistan , India , Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and probably Myanmar. Populations of Southeast Asian countries is in debate, due to close morphological similarities among Mystus species in that region.[3]
It grows to a length of 21 cm in maximum.[3] The population is known to be decreasing in recent past, due to catching, pet trading and habitat destruction.[1] They are known to makes sounds during spawning.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ng, H. H. (2010). "Mystus vittatus.". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T166651A6255921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166651A6255921.en.
- ↑ "Synonyms of Mystus vittatus (Bloch, 1794)". Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.se/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=5137&SynCode=31249&GenusName=Mystus&SpeciesName=vittatus. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Mystus cavasius" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2742389 entry
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