Catfish and Plecos
Dwarf Asian Catfish
Mystus tengara
Photo: Priyankar Chakraborty · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–26 °C
- pH6.5–8
- Minimum tank150 l
- Adult size18 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 3 or more
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Bagridae
- Origin
- India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
- Size
- 18 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.0
- GH
- 5 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- bottom – middle
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive
- Minimum number of individuals
- 3
- Minimum aquarium size
- 150 L
- Diet
- carnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Dark horizontal stripes and long barbels. Similar to the striped catfish, but somewhat more tolerant of cool water.
