Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822)

Sinha, Bikramjit, 2019, Ichthyofauna of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh w. s. r. to Ranga River, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (2) : -

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/142748
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scientific name	Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822)
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52. Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822) View in CoL

1822. Pimelodus tengara Hamilton, Fish Ganges , pp. 188, 377, pl. 3, Figure 61 (type locality, Ponds of India) .

Common name(s): Tengara mystus.

Material examined: ZSI/ V / APFS / P-291 , 3 exs., 55.3 to

72.3 mm, Hapoli, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 16.ii.1996, G. Thirumalai .

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri; Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chattisgarh, Darjiling, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afganisthan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater. Inhabits flowing and standing waters.

Remarks: New record for the district.

IUCN Status: Least Concern