Mystus

Mystus
Mystus gulio
Mystus castaneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
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. Phylogenetic relationships within this genus are poorly understood, though it has been suggested that there are two major lineages.

Species

There are currently 52 recognized species in this genus:

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. 1 2 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.