Family : Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Order : Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Gangetic mystus
Fish Name : Mystus cavasius
Max size : 40.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4833); max. published weight: 10,000 g (Ref. 4833)
Environment : demersal; amphidromous
Climate : tropical; 5°N - 38°S
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec = 3,314)Distribution : Asia: lowland rivers in most major basins of the Indian subcontinent (Pakistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar), including but not limited to the Indus, Brahmaputra-Ganges, Krishna, Cauvery, Irrawaddy, Salween and Tenasserim. Reports of this species from the Chao Phraya and Mekong basins, Malaysia, and Indonesia are based on misidentifications of Mystus albolineatus or Mystus singaringan. Occurs in Thailand, but only in the Salween basin.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 10-11. Body elongate and compressed; head conical; occipital process narrow. Maxillary barbels, in adults, extend posteriorly beyond the caudal fin base, but in young specimen, do not extend beyond the anal fin. Dorsal spine weak, often feebly serrated. Color is grayish with a more or less well-defined midlateral longitudinal stripe. A dark spot emphasized by a white or pale area along its ventral margin is just anterior to the first dorsal spine. Dorsal, adipose and caudal fins shaded with melanophores.
Biology : Found in tidal rivers and lakes; also beels, canals, ditches, ponds, and inundated fields. Its pectoral spine can cause painful wounds (Ref. 4833). Found in the basin-wide tributary of the lower Mekong (Ref. 36667). Oviparous, distinct pairing possibly like other members of the same family (Ref. 205)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : venomous , Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4833)

India country information
Common Names : Gangetic mystus, കൂരി, கட்ட வேளை கெழுத்தி, வெலா கெமுத்தீ , నహరా జెల్లా , पलावा, तींगरा, குட்டா, കൊറ്റി, கெழுத்தி, வழுப்புக் கெழுத்தி, குட்டவெள்ளைக் கெழுத்தி, ముటిజెల్లా , Barsingarah, Cutta, Cutta vellai keletee, Girlu, Gulia, Guntea, Kabasi-tengra, Kala-tenguah, Katirna, Kavasi, Khirkirya, Kinger, Kontia, Koorie, Kotti, Muti-jhella, Nahara-jella, Nai-kelunti, Nai-kirle, Ngaseph, Palwa, Shingta, Shingti, Shongate, Singarah, Solai-kelunti, Tengra, Tenguah, Thella-jella, Vazhappu, Vazhuppukeletee, Vellakelettee
Status : native
Salinity : freshwater, brackish
Uses : no uses