Scientific Name: Mystus vittatus (Bloch, 1794)
Synonym: Silurus vittatus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Striped dwarf catfish
Local/Bangla Name: Bamon Tengra (বামন ট্যাংরা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Description:
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 – 13. Body is elongated and slightly compressed. It has single pair of maxillary barbels extending beyond the pelvic fins. Dorsal spine is finely serrated on its inner edge. Adipose fin small, inserted much behind rayed dorsal fin but anterior to the anal fin. Color in life varies with age: generally delicate gray-silvery to shining golden, with several (about 5) pale blue or dark brown to deep black longitudinal on side. A narrow dusky spot often present on the shoulder.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabit rivers and ponds in plains and submontane regions in flowing and standing waters.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal)
References:
Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. 2nd ed. Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xviii + 394 pp.
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hasan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (eds.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh. Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 300+xxxi. pp.
