Mystus tengara

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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

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.

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

Listed as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List.

Native to freshwater rivers, streams, and ponds of the Indian subcontinent including India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

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.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
IUCN SSC Asia Fish Specialist Group. 2019. _Mystus tengara_. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T168585A21947908. DOI
India Biodiversity Portal: Mystus tengara