Mystus micracanthus

Two-spot catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Bagridae
Genus:	Mystus
Species:	M. micracanthus
Binomial name
Mystus micracanthus (Bleeker, 1846)

Mystus micracanthus, 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.

It is one of the most attractively coloured species within the genus^{[says who?]} and will thrive in a neutral system.

Habitat: Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Thailand

Length: 125 mm (5 in)

Diet: Crustacean foods, shrimps, etc. Will accept aquarium foods

Sex difference: Males are smaller and more slender in the body than females

Aquarium compatibility: Not safe with very small fishes, although they are ideally suited to an Asian-style community aquarium containing barbs and gouramis

Aquarium breeding: As in Mystus armatus

External links

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Mystus micracanthus" in FishBase. March 2009 version.