| General information |
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Mystus vittatus vittatus (Bloch, 1794) |
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| Common name | Striped 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; native: Bangladesh; questionable: Malaysia; native: Sri Lanka; native: Pakistan; misidentification: Thailand; questionable: Vietnam; native: Myanmar; questionable: Laos; questionable: Cambodia; native: Bhutan; native: Nepal |
| Importance |
Food/ornamental |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Simlipal hills, Orissa, India |
| Source of chromosomes |
Gill, Kidney and Testis |
| Number of specimens with sex |
5 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
| Karyotype formula |
28m+22sm+2st+2T |
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| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Nil |
| Reference |
Barat A (1985). A Study of Chromosomes in Some Indian Teleost (Pisces). Ph.D. Thesis, Kalyani University, West Bengal, India. |
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