Mystus

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]

Mystus
Mystus gulio
Mystus nigriceps
Scientific 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

Species

There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Mystus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. Chakrabarty, P. & Ng, H.H. (2005): The identity of catfishes identified as Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Bagridae), with a description of a new species from Myanmar. Zootaxa, 1093: 1–24.
  3. 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.
  4. Darshan, A., Anganthoibi, N. & Vishwanath, W. (2010): Redescription of the striped catfish Mystus carcio (Hamilton) (Siluriformes: Bagridae). Zootaxa, 2475: 48–54.
  5. Plamoottil, M. (2016): Mystus catapogon, a new catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) species from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology, 6 (2): 1967-1976.
  6. 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.
  7. Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. (2013): Mystus indicus and M. heoki, two new catfishes from Kerala, India. Biosystematica, 7 (1): 43-58.
  8. Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. (2014): Mystus keralai (Siluriformes: Bagridae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology, 2 (3): 231-240.
  9. Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. (2013): Mystus menoni, a new fish species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology, 1 (4): 315-325.
  10. Sudasinghe, H., Pethiyagoda, R., Maduwage, K. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2016): Mystus nanus, a new striped catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Bagridae). 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Ng, H.H. (2012): Mystus velifer, a new species of catfish from Indochina (Teleostei: Bagridae). Zootaxa, 3398: 58–68.
  14. Ng, H.H. & Pethiyagoda, R. (2013): Mystus zeylanicus, a new species of bagrid catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Bagridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (2): 161-170.
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