Highfin Mystus

Mystus velifer

Fourteen Point Five Centimeters Bagrid Fish of the Mekong Basin

Highfin Mystus is a freshwater fish of Asia. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 14.5 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Mystus
Maximum length: 14.5 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Asia: lower Mekong River drainage (upstream to the Tonlé Sap) westwards and southwards to Songkhla Lake in Peninsula Thailand, including the majority of river drainages debouching into the Gulf of Thailand such as the lower Bang Pakong, Chao Phraya, Mae Khlong and Tapi river drainages.

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