Hemibagrus menoda (Hamilton, 1822)

Ng, Heok Hee & Kottelat, Maurice, 2013, Revision Of The Asian Catfish Genus Hemibagrus Bleeker, 1862 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Bagridae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61 (1), pp. 205-291 : 224-225

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scientific name

Hemibagrus menoda (Hamilton, 1822)
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Hemibagrus menoda (Hamilton, 1822) View in CoL

( Fig. 14 View Fig )

Pimelodus menoda Hamilton, 1822: 203 , Pl. 1 Fig. 72 (type locality: Sharighat bazaar, 35 km NE of Sylhet on Sylhet – Shillong highway, Bangladesh; figure erroneously labelled Mugil corsula ; see Ng & Ferraris, 2000 for explanation).

Bagrus trachacanthus Valenciennes View in CoL , in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840: 419 (type locality: Bengal , India); Bleeker, 1853c: 56.

Bagrus corsula Valenciennes View in CoL , in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840: 408 (type locality: Sharighat bazaar, 35 km NE of Sylhet on Sylhet – Shillong highway, Bangladesh); Bleeker, 1853c: 56.

Macrones menoda - Günther, 1864: 74; Day, 1871: 706 (in part).

Macrones trachacanthus - Günther, 1864: 75.

Macrones corsula - Day, 1869: 307; 1878: 446, Pl. 100 Fig. 5 View Fig ; 1889: 153 (in part).

Pimelodus telgagra Day, 1871: 200 (not available, name published in synonymy)

Mystus menoda View in CoL - Shaw & Shebbeare, 1937: 92, Fig. 91; Hora, 1949: 72; Ataur Rahman, 1974: 7; 1989: 199, Fig. 119D; Venkateswarlu, 1976: 96; Jayaram & Singh, 1977: 263; Menon, 1977: 61; Venkateswarlu & Menon, 1979: 56; Datta Munshi & Srivastava, 1988: 238, Pl. 30 Fig. 1 View Fig ; Shrestha, 1994: 52, Fig. 80; Jayaram, 1999: 236 (in part); Jayaram & Sanyal, 2003:75 (in part); Hossain & Haque, 2005: 39; Khan, 2008: 32, Fig. 12 View Fig ; Shrestha, 2008: 150, Pl. 39 Fig. 130; Mohsin & Haque, 2009: 830.

Mystus (Mystus) menoda View in CoL - Jayaram, 1954: 546, Fig. 9 View Fig (in part); 1966: 446; Motwani et al., 1962: 21; Srivastava, 1968: 73, Fig. 46 View Fig ; 1992: 97, Fig. 64; Misra, 1976: 95 (in part); Shrestha, 1981: 157, Fig. 75.

Mystus (Mystus) menoda trachacanthus View in CoL - Jayaram, 1954: 546; 1966: 446.

Mystus (Mystus) punctatus View in CoL (in part) - Jayaram, 1954: 547.

Mystus corsula View in CoL - Qureshi, 1965: 41, Fig. 103.

Mystus menoda menoda View in CoL - Jayaram, 1977: 33, Fig. 25B View Fig (in part); Sen, 1985: 137, Fig. 75; 1992: 183, Fig. 60; Dutta et al., 1993: 26.

Mystus menoda trachacanthus View in CoL - Jayaram, 1977: 33; Yazdani et al., 1992: 231; Singh & Yazdani, 1993: 21.

Mystus trachacanthus View in CoL - Mo, 1991: 130.

Hemibagrus menoda View in CoL - Mo, 1991: 132; Ng & Ferraris, 2000: 130, Figs. 4 View Fig & 5 View Fig ; Ataur Rahman, 2005: 219, Fig. 158; Biswas et al., 2007: 64; Ferraris, 2007: 89; Vishwanath et al., 2007: 136; Siddiqui et al., 2007: 115; Saha & Bordoloi, 2009: 241; Mahanta et al., 2011: 346.

Mystus peguensis View in CoL (non Boulenger, 1894) - Mamnur Rashid et al., 1997: 137.

Material examined. — BANGLADESH: UMMZ 208726, 1 ex., 202.6 mm SL [neotype of Pimelodus menoda Hamilton, 1822 and Bagrus corsula Valenciennes , in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840; designated by Ng & Ferraris, 2000]), Surma (Meghna) drainage, Sharighat bazaar, 35 km NE of Sylhet on Sylhet –Shillong highway (said to be from Shari River).

INDIA: ANSP 85796 About ANSP , 1 ex., 113.0 mm SL ; ZSI 426 , 1 ex., 167.2 mm SL, Bombay ; MNHN 1191 About MNHN , 1 ex., 285.4 mm SL, Bengal [syntype of Bagrus trachacanthus ] ; RMNH 8791 About RMNH , 1 ex., 184.6 mm SL, Assam .

Diagnosis. — Hemibagrus menoda differs from H. caveatus in having a pattern of dark spots arranged in vertical columns (vs. thin vertical lines and a midlateral line) along the sides of the body. It is distinguished from H. punctatus in having a smaller eye (12% HL vs. 14–16), and greyish (vs. reddish) fins in life, and from H. peguensis in having a rounded (vs. almost truncate) snout ( Fig. 12 View Fig ) and a broader, less deeply notched cleithral process (for about one quarter its maximum width vs. about one third its maximum width; Fig. 13 View Fig ).

Description. — Biometric and meristic data as in Table 7. General description as for genus. Head depressed and broad, body moderately compressed. Head length 32.7–33.5% SL; head depth 14.2–15.3% SL. Snout rounded. Eye diameter 12% HL. Dorsal profile rising evenly but not steeply from tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin, then sloping gently ventrally from there to end of caudal peduncle. Ventral profile horizontal to origin of anal fin, then sloping dorsally to end of caudal peduncle. Caudal-peduncle length 15.2–17.0% SL; caudal-peduncle depth 7.5–8.8% SL. Cleithral process broad, notched for about one quarter its maximum width. Adipose-fin base short, approximately as long as anal-fin base (13.0–15.8% SL); maximum height 3.8–4.5% SL. Adipose-fin origin separated from base of last dorsal-fin ray by distance of 14.2–14.9% SL. Dorsal spine stout, with 6–9 serrations on posterior edge. Pectoral spine stout, with 11–17 serrations on posterior edge. Anal-fin origin slightly posterior to adipose origin. Adpressed dorsal not reaching adipose fin. Caudal fin forked; distal margins of upper and lower lobes rounded. Maximum recorded size 285 mm SL.

Colour. — Preserved specimens have dorsal surface of head and body greyish-brown, gradually fading to dirty white on ventral surface. Lateral surface of body with about nine vertical columns of black spots, largest spots being those in middle of columns along lateral line. Dorsal, pectoral, pelvic and anal fins greyish brown, with scattered melanophores on fin rays and interradial membranes. Caudal fin greyish brown, with lighter hue along posterior edge, and on procurrent and outer principal caudal rays.

Distribution. — Hemibagrus menoda is known from the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi and Godavari River drainages in Bangladesh and northern India ( Fig. 15 View Fig ).

UMMZ

University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Bagridae

Genus

Hemibagrus

Loc

Hemibagrus menoda (Hamilton, 1822)

Ng, Heok Hee & Kottelat, Maurice 2013
2013
Loc

Mystus peguensis

Mamnur Rashid, M 1997: 137
1997
Loc

Mystus menoda trachacanthus

Yazdani, G 1992: 231
1992
Loc

Mystus trachacanthus

Mo, T 1991: 130
1991
Loc

Hemibagrus menoda

Mahanta, P & Vishwanath, D 2011: 346
Biswas, S & Das, U 2007: 64
Ferraris, C 2007: 89
Vishwanath, W 2007: 136
Siddiqui, K & Islam, S & Kabir, M & Ahmad, A & Ahmed, A & Rahman, E & Haque, Z & Ahmed, Z & Begum, M & Hassan, M 2007: 115
Ataur Rahman, A 2005: 219
Ferraris, C 2000: 130
Mo, T 1991: 132
1991
Loc

Mystus corsula

Qureshi M 1965: 41
1965
Loc

Mystus (Mystus) menoda

Shrestha, J 1981: 157
Misra, K 1976: 95
Srivastava, G 1968: 73
Motwani, M 1962: 21
Jayaram, K 1954: 546
1954
Loc

Mystus (Mystus) menoda trachacanthus

Jayaram, K 1966: 446
Jayaram, K 1954: 546
1954
Loc

Mystus (Mystus) punctatus

Jayaram, K 1954: 547
1954
Loc

Mystus menoda

Khan, H 2008: 32
Shrestha, T 2008: 150
Jayaram, K 1999: 236
Shrestha, J 1994: 52
Ataur Rahman, A 1989: 199
Menon, A 1977: 61
Venkateswarlu, T 1976: 96
Ataur Rahman, A 1974: 7
Hora, S 1949: 72
1949
Loc

Pimelodus telgagra

Day, F 1871: 200
1871
Loc

Macrones corsula

Day, F 1869: 307
1869
Loc

Macrones menoda

Day, F 1871: 706
Gunther, A 1864: 74
1864
Loc

Macrones trachacanthus

Gunther, A 1864: 75
1864
Loc

Bagrus trachacanthus

Bleeker, P 1853: 56
1853
Loc

Bagrus corsula

Bleeker, P 1853: 56
1853
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