Mystus bimaculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Mystus
Species:
M. bimaculatus
Binomial name
Mystus bimaculatus
(Volz, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Macrones bimaculatus Volz, 1904

Mystus bimaculatus is a species of catfish from the genus Mystus.

Appearance

Mystus bimaculatus has overall red-brown body and two dark markings on the shoulder and caudal peduncle.[2]

Distribution

These fish can be found in Indonesia,[3] more specifically on Java[4] and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

Conservation status

This fish is classified as a near threatened species.

References

  1. ↑ "Mystus bimaculatus".
  2. ↑ "Mystus bimaculatus • Bagridae • Cat-eLog - PlanetCatfish".
  3. ↑ "Conservation and economic status fishes in the Krueng Sabee River, Aceh Jaya District, Aceh Province, Indonesia".
  4. ↑ "The Catfishes of Asia Series, Part 3 • Family Bagridae (contd.) - Geography".


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