| General information |
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Mystus menoda menoda (Hamilton, 1822) |
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| Common name | Menoda 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; native: Bangladesh; misidentification: Myanmar; native: Nepal |
| Importance |
Food |
| 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 |
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| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Nil |
| Reference |
Chanda T (1989). A Study of Chromosomes in Some Hill Stream Fishes of Assam, India. Ph.D. Thesis, Kalyani University, Kalyani, West Bengal, India. |
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