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Scientific Name	**Mystus bocourti** (Bleeker, 1864)
Common Name(s)	Hi fin Mystus, King Bagrid, Silver Lancer
Type Locality	Mé-Nam R. at Bangkok, Thailand.
Synonym(s)	Heterobagrus bocourti, Prajadhipokia rex
Pronunciation	miss tuss
Etymology	The generic name is probably derived from the Latin mystax, meaning moustache, in reference to the long barbels. It was first used by Scopoli in 1777 making it a very old genus that has included many catfishes from throughout the world at one time or another.
Species Information
Size	240mm (9.4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Fishes of the genus Mystus Scopoli are small to medium-sized bagrid catfishes occurring in South Asia. Roberts (1994) recognized Mystus to have an elongate cranial fontanel reaching up to the base of the occipital process, long maxillary barbel, very long adipose fin, 11–30 gill rakers on the first gill arch and 37–46 total vertebrae, about equally divided between abdominal and caudal regions. He included only eight species under the genus. Mo (1991) characterized the genus to have a thin needle-like first infraorbital, twisted and thickened metapterygoid loosely attached to the quadrate by means of ligament or a small extent of cartilage. Jayaram & Sanyal (2003) and Ferraris (2007) respectively listed 44 and 33 species of Mystus as valid. Distinguished from all other Mystus (indeed, from all other Asian Bagridae except Bagrichthys spp.) by its extraordinary high dorsal fin, involving great elongation of the non-serrate dorsal fin spine and first three or four soft rays.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Chao Phraya and Mekong basins. Mekong (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Thailand Waters, Chao Praya (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
pH	6.5 - 7.2
Temperature	22.0-25.0°C or 71.6-77°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	dH 10-20.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Easily adapts to a wide variety of frozen and prepared food in the aquarium. May eat very small fish.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Versl. Akad. Amsterdam v. 16 355 Pl.
Registered Keepers	(1) Jools, (2) Dave Rinaldo, (3) amiidae, (4) Dinyar, (5) Shawnc (k: 4), (6) saphphx, (7) mikek, (8) arapaimag (k: 2). Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species. Add this species to your "my cats" page.
Breeding Reports	None.
More Resources	- CotM 2006 September - Search Planet Catfish for more on Mystus bocourti - BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts) - Look up Mystus bocourti on AquaticRepublic.com - Look up Mystus bocourti on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search. - URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
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Last Update	2006 Aug 26 04:50 (species record created: 2002 Nov 11 00:00)

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