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the juvenile Mystus might be the same as vittatus. In juvenile live specimens the fontanel will sometimes look different to adults. When they have grown and eventually when preserved they need to be cross referenced with vittatus. It will be easier to compare then

I have four M.cavasius and a lone M.seengtee. Thought I could show the differences between the two species. The first specimen is seengtee in both images.



Dorsal fin comparison.




Predorsal profile comparison.

Mystus cf. bleekeri from north western Karnataka (Kali River Drainage). I will have to wait and see what this specimen grows out into (it is around 1.5 inches TL presently).

Mystus bleekeri from Uttar Pradesh.

Specimens from the Ganges drainage in Roorke, Uttarakhand. The largest Mystus cavasius I have seen so far.

From the Krishna Drainage in Maharashtra.





In life.








What do you think HH? Doesn't look like any of the described species does it?

This fish has a name. I just don't know the correct name to apply to it. Hopefully not the one named for me.

That is as intriguing a reply as I've read in a good while. I didn't know you had a Mystus named after you. Will go check...

Jools

Silurus wrote:This fish has a name.

I guess it is finally time for me to bite the bullet and read through Plamoottil's papers.

A couple of new additions.





, stress colouration.





, north east India.

From south-western Maharashtra.

@Silurus, what do you think? Doesn't look like any of the described species?