Mystus falcarius

Mystus falcarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Mystus
Species: M. falcarius
Binomial name
Mystus falcarius
(Chakrabarty and Ng, 2005)

Mystus falcarius is a species of catfish endemic to India and Myanmar and is known only from Irrawaddy River, Great Tenasserim River and Chindwin River. The exact population is not known but is thought to be abundant and no exact threats are known thus Least Concern by the IUCN; it is fished for food.

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