Mystus nigriceps

Mystus nigriceps, the two-spot catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae. The species was available in aquarium circles without a scientific name until a connection was made to a description of Mystus micracanthus by the ichthyologist Bleeker, in 1846. The artist's impression at that time showed a catfish without any obvious markings, although another researcher in the early 1940s described it with two body spots. M. micracanthus is a junior synonym of M. nigriceps.[2]

Two-spot catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Mystus
Species:
M. nigriceps
Binomial name
Mystus nigriceps
(Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bagrus nigriceps Valenciennes, 1840
  • Bagrus micracanthus Bleeker, 1846
  • Hypselobagrus micracanthus (Bleeker, 1846)
  • Mystus micracanthus (Bleeker, 1846)

In the wild it is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.[2]

It grows to a length of 19.8 cm and feeds on zooplankton and insect larvae in the wild,[2] and most prepared foods in aquariums.[3] It is not safe to keep them with smaller fish in the aquarium as they will eat them.[3]

References
  1. "Synonyms of Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes, 1840)". Fishbase. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Mystus nigriceps" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
  3. http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/_species.php?species_id=4002


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