Animalia > Chordata > Siluriformes > Bagridae > Mystus > Mystus gulio

Mystus gulio (Long-whiskers catfish; Long-whiskered catfish; Long whiskers catfish; Catfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Mystus gulio, the Long Whiskers Catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae. The generic name is probably derived from the Latin "mystax", meaning "moustache", due to the long barbels. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Vietnam. It is primarily a brackish water fish that enters and lives in fresh water. The population is known to be decreasing in recent past, due to catching, pet trading and habitat destruction.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Anadromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Prey / Diet

Chanos chanos (Bandang)[2]

Predators

Channa punctata (Spotted snakehead)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthogyrus antespinus[4]
Decemtestis mystusi[4]
Haplorchoides mehrai[4]
Thaparocleidus tengra[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF CHANNA PUNCTATA (BLOCH) FROM GUNTUR, P. BALASUNDAR REDDY, Indian Journal of Fisheries, Vol 27, No 1 & 2 (1980), p. 123-129
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0