Synopsis by Shane Linder
Mystus punctifer is described from the Alas River drainage in Aceh provence, northern Sumatra. This species is an overall chocolate brown with a relatively large humeral spot. It was found in peat swamps and streams associated with peat swamps where the water is tea-colored with a pH of 3(!).
Reference: Ng, H.H., S. Wirjoatmodjo, and R. Hadiaty. 2001. Mystus punctifer, a new species of bagrid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from northern Sumatra. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(2): 355-358.
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