Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
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commercial
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Occurs in the Salween basin only. Reports of this species from the Chao Phraya and Mekong basins are based on misidentification of M. albolineatus or M. singaringan (Ref. 10418); also from Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Nong Khai, Kanchanaburi, Kalasin, Surat Thani, Songkhla, Nonthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Kemarat (Ubon Ratchathani), Bangkok, Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Chanthaburi, Prachin Buri and Narathiwat (Ref. 37773). Museum: Mekong river at Chiang Khan, CAS 63017 (Ref. 5515). Also Ref. 41236, 43640.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Roberts, T.R., 1994
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Etymology: Mystus:Greek, mystax = whiskered, used by Belon in 1553 to describe all fishes with whiskers (Ref. 45335). More on author: Hamilton.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
