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Pseudomystus stenomus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Image contributors to this species:

Hugh Gray (1) Adrian Taylor (1) Chris Ralph (2)

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Relevant Information:

Aquarium Care: Can be kept in a community tank but would watch if housing an adult with smaller Characins or Livebearers as they could be picked of at night when it starts cruising the tank. Diet: Any good food that would reach into their hiding places during the day or feed at night with the lights out, tablet food, worms and frozen bloodworm. Etymology: The genus name Pseudomystus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, mystax = whiskered, used by Belon in 1553 to describe all fishes with whiskers. The species name stenomus: stenos, narrow; omos, shoulder (humeral region?), allusion not explained nor evident.

Common Name:

False Asian Bumblebee Catfish

Synonyms:

Bagrus stenomus, Leiocassis stenomus

Family:

Bagridae

Distribution:

Asia: South East Thailand, Kampuchea, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. Type locality: Java.

Size:

11.0cm (4½ins)

Temp:

21-26°C (70-79°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

IUCN Red List

Although there is no detailed information on the population size and trend of this species, it is still abundant throughout its known distribution (except possibly in Java). While there may be localised or regional threats (particularly in Java), they are unlikely to affect this species on a range-wide scale, and it is found within several protected areas. Therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern, although a reassessment may be necessary once a thorough taxonomic review of all populations found throughout Southeast Asia is undertaken (IUCN 2020).

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Ng, H.H. 2020. Pseudomystus stenomus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020.
ScotCat Factsheet: no.10. June 1997.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Pseudomystus stenomus

Pseudomystus stenomus
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