Mystus nigriceps

Two-spot catfish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Bagridae
Genus:	Mystus
Species:	M. nigriceps
Binomial name
Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
Bagrus nigriceps Valenciennes, 1840 Bagrus micracanthus Bleeker, 1846 Hypselobagrus micracanthus (Bleeker, 1846) Mystus micracanthus (Bleeker, 1846)

Mystus nigriceps, the two-spot catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae. The species was available in aquarium circles without a scientific name until a connection was made to a description of Mystus micracanthus by the ichthyologist Bleeker, in 1846. The artist's impression at that time showed a catfish without any obvious markings, although another researcher in the early 1940s described it with two body spots. M. micracanthus is a junior synonym of M. nigriceps.[2]

In the wild it is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.[2]

It grows to a length of 19.8 cm and feeds on zooplankton and insect larvae in the wild,[2] and most prepared foods in aquariums.[3] It is not safe to keep them with smaller fish in the aquarium as they will eat them.[3]

References

1. "Synonyms of Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes, 1840)". Fishbase. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mystus nigriceps". FishBase. December 2011 version.
3. "PlanetCatfish • Home of Aquarium Catfishes".