Mystus

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Mystus
Mystus gulio
Mystus nigriceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Mystus
Scopoli, 1777
Type species
Bagrus pelusius
Solander, 1794
Synonyms
  • Aspidobagrus Bleeker, 1862
  • Heterobagrus Bleeker, 1864
  • Hypselobagrus Bleeker, 1862
  • Prajadhipokia Fowler, 1934

Mystus is a genus of fish in the family Bagridae native to Asia.[1] Phylogenetic relationships within this genus are poorly understood, though it has been suggested that there are two major lineages.[2]

Species

There are currently 52 recognized species in this genus:[3]

Synonyms

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mystus". FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. Chakrabarty, Prosanta; Ng, Heok HEE (2005). "The identity of catfishes identified as Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Bagridae), with a description of a new species from Myanmar". Zootaxa. 1093: 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1093.1.1.
  3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Mystus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  4. Plamoottil, M.; Abraham, N.P. (2014). "Rediscovery and redescription of Mystus armatus Day". International Journal of Research in Fisheries and Aquaculture. 4 (1): 18–23.
  5. Darshan, A.; Anganthoibi, N.; Vishwanath, Waikhom (2010). "Redescription of the striped catfish Mystus carcio (Hamilton) (Siluriformes: Bagridae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2475: 48–54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2475.1.3.
  6. Plamoottil, M. (2016). "Mystus catapogon, a new catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) species from Kerala, India". Journal of Research in Biology. 6 (2): 1967–1976.
  7. Bailung, B.; Biswas, S.P. (2015). "New description of a Bagrid Catfish Mystus dibrugarensis (Chaudhuri, 1913) from Dihing river of Upper Assam". International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies. 2 (3): 204–206.
  8. Plamoottil, M.; Abraham, N.P. (2013). "Mystus indicus and M. heoki, two new catfishes from Kerala, India". Biosystematica. 7 (1): 43–58.
  9. Vijayakrishnan, Balaji; Praveenraj, Jayasimhan (2022). "Mystus irulu, a new species of bagrid catfish from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India (Teleostei: Bagridae)". Zootaxa. 5120 (3): 443–448. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5120.3.10. PMID 35391156. S2CID 247772846.
  10. Sudasinghe, H.; Pethiyagoda, R.; Maduwage, K.; Meegaskumbura, M. (2016). "Mystus nanus, a new striped catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Bagridae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 27 (2): 163–172.
  11. Darshan, A.; Vishwanath, W.; Mahanta, P.C.; Barat, A. (2011). "Mystus ngasep, a new catfish species (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the headwaters of Chindwin drainage in Manipur, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 3 (11): 2177–2183. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o2180.2177-83.
  12. Darshan, Achom; Abujam, Santoshkumar; Kumar, Ram; Parhi, Janmejay; Singh, Yambem Suresh; Vishwanath, Waikhom; Das, Debangshu Narayan; Pandey, Pramod Kumar (2019-07-31). "Mystus prabini, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern, India". Zootaxa. 4648 (3): 511–522. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4648.3.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716938. S2CID 201208285.
  13. Darshan, A.; Mahanta, P.C.; Barat, A.; Kumar, P. (2013). "Redescription of the Striped Catfish Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822) (Siluriformes: Bagridae), India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 5 (1): 3536–3541. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o2813.842.
  14. Ng, H.H. (2012). "Mystus velifer, a new species of catfish from Indochina (Teleostei: Bagridae)". Zootaxa. 3398 (1): 58–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3398.1.4.
  15. Ng, H.H.; Pethiyagoda, R. (2013). "Mystus zeylanicus, a new species of bagrid catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Bagridae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 24 (2): 161–170.