FB-67932 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67932 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Arothron Arothron multilineatus Matsuura, 2016 Mavelikkara Mystus Meesa chillan 2016-05-06 2016-05-06 Plamoottil, M.0 <i>Mystus catapogon</i>, a new catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) species from Kerala, India. J. Res. Biol. 6(2):1967-1976. (Ref. 108436) FB-GeneralDescr-67941 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2016-06-27 00:00:00 2016-06-27 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67941 Inhabits small stream (Ref. 108436). Plamoottil, M. 2016 <i>Mystus catapogon</i>, a new catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) species from Kerala, India. J. Res. Biol. 6(2):1967-1976. (Ref. 108436) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67941 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2016-06-27 00:00:00 2017-03-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67941 Mystus catapogon is distinguished from other species of Mystus by having the following characters: yellowish body without any stripes; black triangular mark outside operculum; long and shallow cephalic groove divided into two peripheral fontanelles; occipital process short, not reaching base of dorsal fin; shorter snout; maxillary barbels very long, reaching behind caudal fin base; nasal barbels reaching a little behind occiput and almost as long as head; and longer outer mandibular barbels reaching nearly base of pelvic-fin origin and inner mandibular barbels extending to the middle of pectoral fin. It further differs from its congeners by having elongated rays on dorsal fin which is higher than the body (Ref. 108436). Plamoottil, M. 2016 <i>Mystus catapogon</i>, a new catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) species from Kerala, India. J. Res. Biol. 6(2):1967-1976. (Ref. 108436) FB-Morphology-67941 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2016-06-27 00:00:00 2017-03-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67941 Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analsoft rays: 10 - 11 Plamoottil, M. 2016 <i>Mystus catapogon</i>, a new catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) species from Kerala, India. J. Res. Biol. 6(2):1967-1976. (Ref. 108436) FB-Distribution-67941 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2016-06-27 00:00:00 2016-06-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67941 Asia: Kerala, India. Plamoottil, M. 2016 <i>Mystus catapogon</i>, a new catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) species from Kerala, India. J. Res. Biol. 6(2):1967-1976. (Ref. 108436) FB-Size-67941 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2016-06-27 00:00:00 2016-06-27 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67941 7.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 108436)) Plamoottil, M. 2016 <i>Mystus catapogon</i>, a new catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) species from Kerala, India. J. Res. Biol. 6(2):1967-1976. (Ref. 108436) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67941 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2016-06-27 00:00:00 2016-06-27 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67941 demersal; freshwater