Mystus cavasius

angļuBody elongate and compressed; head conical; occipital process narrow. Maxillary barbels, in adults, extend posteriorly beyond the caudal fin base, but in young specimen, do not extend beyond the anal fin. Dorsal spine weak, often feebly serrated. Color is grayish with a more or less well-defined midlateral longitudinal stripe. A dark spot emphasized by a white or pale area along its ventral margin is just anterior to the first dorsal spine. Dorsal, adipose and caudal fins shaded with melanophores.

• Macrones nigriceps Peters, 1868
• Mystus cavassius (Hamilton, 1822)
• Pimelodus cavasius Hamilton, 1822
• Bagrus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822)
• Mystus mukherjii Ganguly & Datta, 1975
• Hypselobagrus nigriceps (Peters, 1868)
• Macrones cavasius (Hamilton, 1822)
• Aoria cavasius (Hamilton, 1822)
• Mystus cavensius (Hamilton, 1822)