Mystus menoda menoda ';
General information
 
Mystus menoda menoda (Hamilton, 1822)
 
 
Common nameMenoda catfish
Valid name Hemibagrus menoda (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
Pimelodus menoda Hamilton, 1822
Macrones menoda (Hamilton, 1822)
Mystus menoda (Hamilton, 1822)
Mystus menoda menoda (Hamilton, 1822)
Bagrus trachacanthus Valenciennes, 1840
Macrones menoda trachacanthus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Macrones trachacanthus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Mystus minoda tracacanthus (Valenciennes, 1840)
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Least Concern (LC)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Bagridae.
Geographical distribution
India; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Nepal
Occurrence Native: India, Bangladesh, Nepal
Misidentification: Myanmar
Importance
Food
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Cachar, Assam, India
Source of chromosomes
Gill and Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
5
Diploid chromosome number
56
Karyotype formula
36m+16sm+4t
Fundamental arm number
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Nil
Reference(s)
Chanda T (1989). A Study of Chromosomes in Some Hill Stream Fishes of Assam, India. Ph.D. Thesis, Kalyani University, Kalyani, West Bengal, India.
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image