See images of a very small
specimen of what appears to be M. canarensis (photographed
by Rahul Kumar). This specimen was caught in leaf litter in a hill
stream in Wayanad, a couple of hundred miles south of Canara district.
In the first picture it measures around 2 inches Total Length, in
the third image it is around 4 inches TL. Quite a slim Mystus
compared to a few from this genera. M. canarensis
has a short supra-occipital process, a long slender body, the fontanel
not reaching base of supra-occipital process. (Grant 2009).
Common
Name:
None
Synonyms:
None
Family:
Bagridaemblycipitidae
Distribution:
Asia:
India: From the district of Canara (or Kanara),
Karnataka State
