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Mystus dibrugarensis (Chaudhuri, 1913)

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Beta Mahatvaraj (1) Priyankar Chakraborty (3)

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Habitat: This species is known from the Brahmaputra River drainage (Dibrugarh in Assam, and Dikrong in Arunachal Pradesh; Vishwanath et al. 2007) in India. The species is likely to be distributed in the upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Although the current population and its trends are unknown for this species, current indications from field surveys are that this species is still relatively widespread and abundant. It is hill stream species favouring a sandy and muddy bottom. Etymology: Named after its type locality, Dibrugarh. Remarks: There are threats identified for the habitats in which this species is found in: sand mining and deforestation; however, the impacts of these threats are localised and is not across the entire species range (IUCN Red List: least concern).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Macrones montanus dibrugarensis, Mystus montanus dibrugarensis, Mystus vittatus dibrugarensis

Family:

Bagridae

Distribution:

Asia: Ganga-Brahmaputra basin in India. Type Locality: Dibrugarh, Assam state, India.

Size:

10.0cm. (4ins)

Temp:

18-26°C (63-79°F)

p.H.

6.0-8.0.

IUCN Red List

Although the current population and its trends are unknown for this species, current indications from field surveys are that this species is still relatively widespread and abundant. Mystus dibrugarensis is assessed as Least Concern, but needs updating (IUCN 2020).

Reference:

Darshan, A., W. Vishwanath, P.C. Mahanta and A. Barat, 2011. Mystus ngasep, a new catfish species (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the headwaters of Chindwin drainage in Manipur, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(11):2177-2183.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2019 ).
Ng, H.H. 2020. Mystus dibrugarensis (amended version of 2010 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020.

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Mystus dibrugarensis

Mystus dibrugarensis
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Mystus dibrugarensis
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