Mystus `Var B` ';
General information
Mystus `Var B` (Bloch, 1794)
 
 
Common nameStriped dwarf catfish
Valid name Mystus vittatus (Bloch, 1794)
Synonyms
Silurus vittatus Bloch, 1794
Aoria vittatus (Bloch, 1794)
Bagrus vittatus (Bloch, 1794)
Macrones vittatus (Bloch, 1794)
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; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Thailand; Vietnam; Myanmar; Laos; Cambodia; Bhutan; Nepal
Occurrence Native: India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal
Questionable: Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
Misidentification: Thailand
Importance
Food/ornamental
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Source of chromosomes
Kidney and Testis
Number of specimens with sex
Not reported
Diploid chromosome number
58
Karyotype formula
16m+10sm+20st+10t+2T
Fundamental arm number
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Nil
Reference(s)
Manna GK, Prasad R (1974). Cytological Evidence for Two Forms of Mystus vittatus (Bloch) as Two Species. Nucleus, XVII (I): 4-8.
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image