Stripped Dwarf Catfish Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Mystus tengara
Family : Bagridae
Order : Silurifirmes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Tengara Mystus,Pearl Catfish
Habitat : Pool,Stream,Canal,River
Description : Stripped Dwarf Catfish is a elongated and somewhat compressed bodied fish.Head depressed.Mouth terminal. Barbels 4 pairs.Long adipose fin.Dorsal fin with spine and fin rays. Caudal fin forked.Body delicate greenish to bright yellow. Flanks pale brown.Fins hyaline and bluish.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Clupisoma garua
(Garua Bacha) -
Ompok bimaculatus
(Butter catfish) -
Mystus vittatus
(Striped Dwarf Catfish) -
Sperata aor
(Long-whiskered Catfish) -
Eutropiichthys vacha
(Batchwa Vacha) -
Sperata seenghala
(Giant River Catfish) -
Chaca chaca
(Squarehead Catfish) -
Conta conta
(Conra fish) -
Olyra longicaudata
(Longtail Catfish) -
Heteropneustes fossilis
(Stinging Catfish)
References:
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:Rahman, A. K. A,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:Rahman, A. K. A,www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.