Mystus tengara

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Bagridae
Genus: Mystus
Species: Mystus tengara

Name

Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822)

No types known.

Type locality: Ponds of India.

Etymology: The name tengara is a Bengali or Assamese local name of the species. Hamilton (1822) usually used local names in naming a fish.

Synonyms

• Pimelodus tengara Hamilton, 1822
  • Bagrus tengara (Hamilton, 1822) -- Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840
  • Macrones tengara (Hamilton, 1822) -- Day, 1877.

References

• Darshan, A., Mahanta, P.C., Barat, A. & Kumar, P. 2013. Redescription of the Striped Catfish Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822) (Siluriformes: Bagridae), India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(1): 3536–3541. PDF. Reference page. 
• Hamilton, F. 1822. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and Its Branches. Archibald Constable & Co., Hurst, Robinson & Co. Pp. i–vii + 1–405, Pls. 1–39. BHL Reference page. 
• Mystus tengara in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

অসমীয়া: টিঙৰা

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