Mystus nigriceps
| Two-spot catfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Mystus |
| Species: | M. nigriceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes, 1840)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
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[edit]
- ^ "Synonyms of Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes, 1840)". Fishbase. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Mystus nigriceps" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ a b "PlanetCatfish • Home of Aquarium Catfishes".