Mystus

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Genus of fishes

title: "Mystus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bagridae", "freshwater-fish-genera", "taxa-named-by-giovanni-antonio-scopoli", "catfish-genera"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/bagridae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fishes ::

| image = Mystus gulio.jpg | image_caption = Mystus gulio | image2 = Myst cf nigri 080503 8432 napo.jpg | image2_caption = Mystus nigriceps | taxon = Mystus | authority = Scopoli, 1777 | type_species = Bagrus pelusius | type_species_authority = 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 62 recognized species in this genus:

References

References

  1. {{FishBase_genus. (2016)
  2. (2005). "The identity of catfishes identified as Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Bagridae), with a description of a new species from Myanmar". Zootaxa.
  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, Waikhom (2010): [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02475p054f.pdf 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. (2022). "Mystus irulu, a new species of bagrid catfish from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India (Teleostei: Bagridae)". Zootaxa.
  9. Sudasinghe, H., Pethiyagoda, R., Maduwage, K. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2016): [http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief27_2_04.pdf ''Mystus nanus'', a new striped catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Bagridae).] ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (2): 163-172.''
  10. 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.''
  11. (2019-07-31). "Mystus prabini, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern, India". Zootaxa.
  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. (2012). "''Mystus velifer'', a new species of catfish from Indochina (Teleostei: Bagridae)". Zootaxa.
  14. Ng, H.H. & Pethiyagoda, R. (2013): [http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief24_2_06.pdf ''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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