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Mystus vittatus (Bloch, 1794)

Striped dwarf catfish
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India country information

Common names: Aupan-keluthi, Chillan, Chittu
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known throughout India (Ref. 43640). Found in eastern Punjab, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Orissa (Ref. 45255) and Bhavani River, Tamil Nadu (Ref. 44148). Recorded from Chilka Lake (Ref. 29108). Also Ref. 41236. Status of threat: Vulnerable in Western Ghats (Ref. 50614).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Striped catfish, Iri ankutta, Kultajuovamonni, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Etymology: Mystus: Greek, mystax = whiskered, used by Belon in 1553 to describe all fishes with whiskers (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; pH range: 6.0 - 7.5; dH range: 4 - 25.   Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672); 38°N - 0°N

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