Bleeker’s Mystus Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Mystus bleekeri
Family : Bagridae
Order : Silurifirmes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Day’s Mystus
Habitat : River,Canal,Beels
Description : Day's Mystus is a elongate and compressed bodied fish.Mouth terminal.Large adipose fin.Caudal fin forked.Leaden above and yellowish beneath.Presence of a dark band along the lateral line.Greyish white fins. Attains a length of 15.5 cm in total length. It Inhabits freshwater environments, including rivers, canals, khals, beels, and other freshwater bodies in Bangladesh.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Pangasius pangasius
(Pungas) -
Ailia punctata
(Jamuna Ailia) -
Osteogeneiosus militaris
(Soldier Catfish) -
Gagata gagata
(Gangatic Gagata) -
Conta conta
(Conra fish) -
Gogangra viridescens
(Huddah Nangra) -
Batasio batasio
(Tista Batasio) -
Eutropiichthys vacha
(Batchwa Vacha) -
Gagata youssoufi
(Gangetic gagata) -
Ompok bimaculatus
(Butter catfish)
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description written by: Razia Sultana Setu, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright:Khan, Mohammad Moazzam([email protected]),www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.
description written by: Razia Sultana Setu, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright:Khan, Mohammad Moazzam([email protected]),www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.