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Mystus cf. gulio

 

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Relevant Information:

Very similar to Mystus gulio from the estuaries and lower portions of rivers of India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Java but M. cf. gulio grows half the size and has a grey body colouration against M. gulio which tends to towards having a greenish sheen to the body. Remarks: c.f. (meaning "confer." An animal that appears similar to an identified species, but without certainty or confirmation.)

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Bagridae

Distribution:

Asia: Estuaries of the southeast.

Size:

20.0cm. (8ins)

Temp:

21-27°C (69-81°F)

p.H.

6.5-8.0.

Reference:

Grant, Steven. ScotCat Article:  The striped catfishes of the genus Mystus Scopoli, 1777 (Siluriformes: Bagridae)



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