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Horabagrus brachysoma (Günther, 1864)

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🗒 Synonyms
synonymMacrones chryseus (Day, 1865)
synonymMystus chryseus (Day, 1865)
synonymPseudobagrus brachysoma Günther, 1864
synonymPseudobagrus chryseus Day, 1865
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Gunther's catfish
  • Günther's Catfish
  • Günther’s Catfish.
Malayalam
  • Manjaetta
  • Manjakoori
  • മഞ്ഞക്കൂരി
  • മഞ്ഞളേട്ട
  • മഞ്ഞേട്ട
  • മുന്ഗില് യെട്ട
  • മൂന്ഗില്
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Freshwater, Brackish, Fishery, Threatened
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
AttributionsFroese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
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    Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2010 Conservation Actions: Currently there is no specific action plan directed towards Ambassis dussumieri. Research on the population status, ecology and threats to the species is essential.
    IUCN and ZOO 2011
    AttributionsIUCN and ZOO 2011
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      A species of Horabagrus with 23–28 soft arys in anal fin; numerous elongated gill rakers; 4 pairs of barbels; maxillary barbel reaching pectoral fin base, nasals to anterior edge of opercle, and outer mandibular to opercle; a black shoulder spot and a semi-lunar black ring at caudal base.
      S. S. Mishra, Laishram Kosygin, P. T. Rajan and K. C. Gopi, Zoological Survey of India in Venkataraman, K., Chattopadhyay, A. and Subramanian, K.A. (editors). 2013. Endemic Animals of India(vertebrates): 1–235+26 Plates. (Published by the director, Zoological Survey of india, Kolkata)
      AttributionsS. S. Mishra, Laishram Kosygin, P. T. Rajan and K. C. Gopi, Zoological Survey of India in Venkataraman, K., Chattopadhyay, A. and Subramanian, K.A. (editors). 2013. Endemic Animals of India(vertebrates): 1–235+26 Plates. (Published by the director, Zoological Survey of india, Kolkata)
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        📚 Nomenclature and Classification
        References
        1864 Horabagrus brachysoma Günther, Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum, 5: 86 (type locality: Cochin, India).
        S. S. Mishra, Laishram Kosygin, P. T. Rajan and K. C. Gopi, Zoological Survey of India in Venkataraman, K., Chattopadhyay, A. and Subramanian, K.A. (editors). 2013. Endemic Animals of India(vertebrates): 1–235+26 Plates. (Published by the director, Zoological Survey of india, Kolkata)
        AttributionsS. S. Mishra, Laishram Kosygin, P. T. Rajan and K. C. Gopi, Zoological Survey of India in Venkataraman, K., Chattopadhyay, A. and Subramanian, K.A. (editors). 2013. Endemic Animals of India(vertebrates): 1–235+26 Plates. (Published by the director, Zoological Survey of india, Kolkata)
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          📚 Natural History
          Migration
          Amphidromous. Refers to fishes that regularly migrate between freshwater and the sea (in both directions), but not for the purpose of breeding, as in anadromous and catadromous species. Sub-division of diadromous. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
          Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
          AttributionsFroese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
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          1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
          Size
          Max Length

          50 TL (unsexed) 

          Size

          45.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )

          Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
          AttributionsFroese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
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          1. Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
          Trophic Strategy
          Found in backwaters. Crustaceans were the most important prey items. Feeding specificity underwent moderate ontogenetic changes. The diet of fingerlings (
          Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
          AttributionsFroese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
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          1. Gopalakrishnan, A. and A.G. Ponniah 2000 Cultivable, ornamental, sport and food fishes endemic to Peninsular India with special reference to Western Ghats. p. 13-32. In A.G. Ponniah and A. Gopalakrishnan (eds.) Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India. 1, 347 p.
          Miscellaneous Details
          Taxonomic Notes: Horabagrus brachysoma was described by Albert Gunther (1864) from Cochin under the name Pseudobagrus brachysoma.
          IUCN and ZOO 2011
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            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat

            Habitat

            Freshwater
            Freshwater
            Freshwater.
            S. S. Mishra, Laishram Kosygin, P. T. Rajan and K. C. Gopi, Zoological Survey of India in Venkataraman, K., Chattopadhyay, A. and Subramanian, K.A. (editors). 2013. Endemic Animals of India(vertebrates): 1–235+26 Plates. (Published by the director, Zoological Survey of india, Kolkata)
            AttributionsS. S. Mishra, Laishram Kosygin, P. T. Rajan and K. C. Gopi, Zoological Survey of India in Venkataraman, K., Chattopadhyay, A. and Subramanian, K.A. (editors). 2013. Endemic Animals of India(vertebrates): 1–235+26 Plates. (Published by the director, Zoological Survey of india, Kolkata)
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              Habitat demersal; amphidromous ; freshwater; brackish
              Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
              AttributionsFroese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
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              References
              1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
              Description
              Range Description: The distribution of H. brachysoma is restricted to rivers (and occasionally lakes and backwaters) in the southern region of the Indian subcontinent. This species is known to occur in the Chalakudy, Periyar, Meenachil, Manimala, Pampa, Moovatupuzha and Achenkovil rivers, Vembanad Lake (Ali et al. 2000), Shasthamkotta Lake, Muriyad and Kole wetlands, Chaliyar and Karuvannur River (A. Ali and R. Raghavan pers. obs.), Kallada River (R. Abraham pers.obs.) in Kerala and the Nethravati River and estuary, Aghanashini and Kali rivers of Karnataka State (Ali et al. 2000). The species occurs commonly in freshwater canals of southern Kerala (V.S. Basheer pers. obs.). Countries - Native: India (Karnataka, Kerala)
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                Type Locality

                Cochin, India

                Distribution:

                Kerala.

                S. S. Mishra, Laishram Kosygin, P. T. Rajan and K. C. Gopi, Zoological Survey of India in Venkataraman, K., Chattopadhyay, A. and Subramanian, K.A. (editors). 2013. Endemic Animals of India(vertebrates): 1–235+26 Plates. (Published by the director, Zoological Survey of india, Kolkata)
                AttributionsS. S. Mishra, Laishram Kosygin, P. T. Rajan and K. C. Gopi, Zoological Survey of India in Venkataraman, K., Chattopadhyay, A. and Subramanian, K.A. (editors). 2013. Endemic Animals of India(vertebrates): 1–235+26 Plates. (Published by the director, Zoological Survey of india, Kolkata)
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                  Remark

                  Known from Kerala backwaters: e.g., Meenachil, Chalakkudy & Pampa river

                  Occurrence

                  endemic 

                  Distribution

                  Asia: Kerala, India.

                  Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
                  AttributionsFroese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
                  Contributors
                  StatusUNDER_CREATION
                  LicensesCC_BY_NC
                  References
                  1. Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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                  📚 Occurrence
                  No Data
                  📚 Demography and Conservation
                  Population Biology
                  Abundance

                  abundant (always seen in some numbers) 

                  Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
                  AttributionsFroese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
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                    Conservation Status
                    Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2010 Conservation Actions: Currently there is no specific action plan directed towards Ambassis dussumieri. Research on the population status, ecology and threats to the species is essential.
                    IUCN and ZOO 2011
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                      IUCN Status: Vulnerable.
                      S. S. Mishra, Laishram Kosygin, P. T. Rajan and K. C. Gopi, Zoological Survey of India in Venkataraman, K., Chattopadhyay, A. and Subramanian, K.A. (editors). 2013. Endemic Animals of India(vertebrates): 1–235+26 Plates. (Published by the director, Zoological Survey of india, Kolkata)
                      AttributionsS. S. Mishra, Laishram Kosygin, P. T. Rajan and K. C. Gopi, Zoological Survey of India in Venkataraman, K., Chattopadhyay, A. and Subramanian, K.A. (editors). 2013. Endemic Animals of India(vertebrates): 1–235+26 Plates. (Published by the director, Zoological Survey of india, Kolkata)
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                        Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
                        Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
                        AttributionsFroese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
                        Contributors
                        StatusUNDER_CREATION
                        LicensesCC_BY_NC
                        References
                        1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses
                        fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
                        Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
                        AttributionsFroese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13296, version (12/2013).
                        Contributors
                        StatusUNDER_CREATION
                        LicensesCC_BY_NC
                        References
                        1. Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Gopalakrishnan, A. and A.G. Ponniah 2000 Cultivable, ornamental, sport and food fishes endemic to Peninsular India with special reference to Western Ghats. p. 13-32. In A.G. Ponniah and A. Gopalakrishnan (eds.) Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India. 1, 347 p.
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                        📚 Information Listing
                        References
                        1. Bibliography: Ali, A.P.H., Raghavan, R and Prasad, G. 2007. Threatened Fishes of the World: Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther, 1864) (Bagridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 78: 221.; Bindu, L. 2006. Breeding and culture of Horobragys brachysoma and Etroplus suratensis. RARS, Kumaragam, MG University.; Gunther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum 5: 1-455.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Kurup, B.M. and Kumar, R. 2009. Exploited fishery resources of the river systems of Kerala. School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin.; Kurup, B.M., Radhakrishnan, K.V. and Manojkumar, T.G. 2005. Germplasm inventory evaluation and gene banking of freshwater fishes of India. School of Industrial FIshes, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin.; Muneer, P.M.A. 2005. Molecular genetic characterization of endemic yellow catfish Horobagrus brachysoma (Gunther). NBFGR, Cochin University of Science and Technology.; NBFGR. 2000. Annual Report.; Prasad, G. 2008. Population Characteristics, Bionomics, and Standardization of Captive Breeding of Two Species of Endangered Bagrid Catfishes, Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther, 1864) and H. nigricollaris (Pethiyagoda & Kottelatt, 1994). Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram.; Prasad, G. 2008. Population Characteristics, Bionomics, and Standardization of Captive Breeding of Two Species of Endangered Bagrid Catfishes, Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther, 1864) and H. nigricollaris (Pethiyagoda & Kottelatt, 1994). Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram.; Raghavan, R. 2006. Yellow catfish - potential culture species in South Western India. Global Aquaculture Advocate June: 68-69.; Sreeraj, N., Raghavan, R and Prasad, G. 2006. The diet of Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther) an endangered bagrid catfish from Lake Vembanad, South India. Journal of Fish Biology 69(637-642).; Sreeraj, N., Raghavan, R and Prasad, G. 2007. Some aspects of the fishery of the threatened yellow catfish Horabagrus brachysoma from Vembanad Lake with a note on their landings at Vaikom, Kerala, India. Zoos Print Journal 22(4): 2665-2666.
                        Natural History > Migration
                        1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
                        Natural History > Size
                        1. Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
                        Natural History > Trophic Strategy
                        1. Gopalakrishnan, A. and A.G. Ponniah 2000 Cultivable, ornamental, sport and food fishes endemic to Peninsular India with special reference to Western Ghats. p. 13-32. In A.G. Ponniah and A. Gopalakrishnan (eds.) Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India. 1, 347 p.
                        Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
                        1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
                        Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
                        1. Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
                        Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
                        1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
                        Uses and Management > Uses
                        1. Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Gopalakrishnan, A. and A.G. Ponniah 2000 Cultivable, ornamental, sport and food fishes endemic to Peninsular India with special reference to Western Ghats. p. 13-32. In A.G. Ponniah and A. Gopalakrishnan (eds.) Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India. 1, 347 p.
                        Information Listing > References
                        1. Bibliography: Ali, A.P.H., Raghavan, R and Prasad, G. 2007. Threatened Fishes of the World: Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther, 1864) (Bagridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 78: 221.; Bindu, L. 2006. Breeding and culture of Horobragys brachysoma and Etroplus suratensis. RARS, Kumaragam, MG University.; Gunther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum 5: 1-455.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Kurup, B.M. and Kumar, R. 2009. Exploited fishery resources of the river systems of Kerala. School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin.; Kurup, B.M., Radhakrishnan, K.V. and Manojkumar, T.G. 2005. Germplasm inventory evaluation and gene banking of freshwater fishes of India. School of Industrial FIshes, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin.; Muneer, P.M.A. 2005. Molecular genetic characterization of endemic yellow catfish Horobagrus brachysoma (Gunther). NBFGR, Cochin University of Science and Technology.; NBFGR. 2000. Annual Report.; Prasad, G. 2008. Population Characteristics, Bionomics, and Standardization of Captive Breeding of Two Species of Endangered Bagrid Catfishes, Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther, 1864) and H. nigricollaris (Pethiyagoda & Kottelatt, 1994). Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram.; Prasad, G. 2008. Population Characteristics, Bionomics, and Standardization of Captive Breeding of Two Species of Endangered Bagrid Catfishes, Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther, 1864) and H. nigricollaris (Pethiyagoda & Kottelatt, 1994). Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram.; Raghavan, R. 2006. Yellow catfish - potential culture species in South Western India. Global Aquaculture Advocate June: 68-69.; Sreeraj, N., Raghavan, R and Prasad, G. 2006. The diet of Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther) an endangered bagrid catfish from Lake Vembanad, South India. Journal of Fish Biology 69(637-642).; Sreeraj, N., Raghavan, R and Prasad, G. 2007. Some aspects of the fishery of the threatened yellow catfish Horabagrus brachysoma from Vembanad Lake with a note on their landings at Vaikom, Kerala, India. Zoos Print Journal 22(4): 2665-2666.

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