Mystus montanus • Bagridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Mystus montanus** (Jerdon, 1849)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	River at Manantoddy in Wynaad, southern India.
Synonym(s)	Bagrus montanus, Macrones montanus
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	150mm (5.9") 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.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Peninsular India, especially in the western Ghats. Indian waters, Western Ghats Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Easily adapts to a wide variety of frozen and prepared food in the aquarium. May eat very small fish.
Further Information
References	Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2)
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Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2013 Jan 04 15:10 (species record created: 2011 Sep 24 06:05)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Mystus montanus (Jerdon, 1849)

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

River at Manantoddy in Wynaad, southern India.

Synonym(s)

Bagrus montanus, Macrones montanus

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

150mm (5.9") 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.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Peninsular India, especially in the western Ghats.
Indian waters, Western Ghats Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)