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Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Etymology: Mystus: Greek, mystax = whiskered, used by Belon in 1553 to describe all fishes with whiskers (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Francis Day CIE (1829–1889) was Inspector-General of Fisheries in India (1871–1877) and Burma and an ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Day.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal; pH range: 5.8 - 8.0; dH range: ? - 30; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 18°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059)
Asia: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Indonesia. Also Bhutan (Ref. 40882).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.7 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 116918)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Found in lakes, tanks, rivers, canals and beels. Oviparous, distinct pairing possibly like other members of the same family (Ref. 205). Caught with other fishes from fishing operations.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, i-xxii + 543-1158, 1 pl. (Ref. 4833)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00836 - 0.01312), b=2.91 (2.85 - 2.97), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming Fec < 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 251 [121, 663] mg/100g; Iron = 3.17 [1.58, 6.07] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [15.5, 17.8] %; Omega3 = 0.534 [0.189, 1.479] g/100g; Selenium = 57.7 [20.5, 148.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 57.6 [17.8, 182.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.09 [1.17, 3.55] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.