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Species in the genus Mystus: [ 72 ] records

abbreviatus, Bagrus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:420 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 2942. Type information: Roberts 1993:28 [ref. 21799]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Roberts 1993:28 [ref. 21799], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840). Bagridae. Distribution: Java, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.

abbreviatus, Pimelodus Kuhl [H.] & van Hasselt [J. C.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:420 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Not available, name mentioned in passing under Bagrus abbreviatus Valenciennes. •In the synonymy of Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840). Bagridae.

alasensis, Mystus Ng [H. H.] & Hadiaty [R. K.] 2005:86, Fig. 3 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 16 (no. 1); ref. 28215] Sungai Lembang, Gunung Leuser National Park, Aceh Province, Sumatra. Holotype: MZB 8704. Paratypes: MZB 8710 (3), 8712 (4); ZRC 46417 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kim 2008:32 [ref. 29920] •Valid as Mystus alasensis Ng & Hadiaty 2005 -- (Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:167 [ref. 33011], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Mystus alasensis Ng & Hadiaty 2005. Bagridae. Distribution: Alas River drainage, northern Sumatra. Habitat: freshwater.

albilabris, Bagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:416 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Calcutta and now Puducherry, India; Bengal; Sri Lanka. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4172 (1) Trincomalee, 0000-4336 (2) Ganges, A-8967 (6) Calcutta, A-9009 (1) India. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:26 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822) -- (Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:57 [ref. 26894] dating to 1839, Ataur Rahman 2003:226 [ref. 31338], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

albolineatus, Mystus Roberts [T. R.] 1994:245, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 21568] Prachinburi market, Bangpakong basin, Thailand. Holotype: CAS 79030. Paratypes: ANSP 16453 (16), 60646 (3); CAS 53213 (5), 67220-21 (1, 2), 79031-32 (1, 12), 79048 (2), 81547 (3); USNM 325066 (3); ZMA 120847 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus albolineatus Roberts 1994 -- (Rainboth 1996:141 [ref. 22772], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Kottelat 2000:86 [ref. 25486], Kottelat 2001:124 [ref. 25780], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:32 [ref. 26894], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989], Taki et al. 2021:284 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Mystus albolineatus Roberts 1994. Bagridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Chao Phraya and Mekong River basins, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Habitat: freshwater.

aleppensis, Macrones Günther [A.] 1864:75 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Coic River [now the dried out river named Queiq], Aleppo, Syria. Günther specimens: BMNH 1955.6.25.1 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155]. Proposed on p. 75 but withdrawn on p. 431 as same as previously named pelusius by Russell. An unjustified emendation of Bagrus halepensis Valenciennes 1840. •Synonym of Mystus pelusius (Solander 1794) -- (Coad 1991:19 [ref. 15702], Roberts 1994:243 [ref. 21568], Coad 1995:24 [ref. 23608], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:94 [ref. 26894], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155], Esmaeili et al. 2010:373 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:889 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35254], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:210 [ref. 37983], Esmaeili et al. 2022:338 [ref. 39045], Çiçek et al. 2023:418 [ref. 40625], Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu 2023:445 [ref. 40276], Çiçek et al. 2024:273 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus pelusius (Solander 1794). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

anisurus, Pimelodus McClelland [J.] 1842:583 [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 2 (no. 8); ref. 2926] Loodianali and Kabul River at Jullalabad [Jalalabad], Afghanistan. Holotype (unique): ?BMNH 1860.3.19.683 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:98 [ref. 29155], Grant 2022:23 [ref. 39179] as possible syntype. Ng & Kottelat 2000:346 [ref. 25076] wrongly regard this species as preoccupied by Pimelodus anisurus Valenciennes 1840, but Valenciennes' original genus was Bagrus; Pimelodus anisurus Kuhl & van Hasselt was mentioned by Valencienens, but this is a name in synonymy and never made available. See comments on availability by Grant 2022:23 [ref. 39179]. •Possibly a synonym of Mystus tengara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Coad 1981:15 [ref. 22348], Ng & Kottelat 2000:346 [ref. 25076]). •Species inquirenda in Mystus -- (Ferraris 2007:98 [ref. 29155], Grant 2022:24 [ref. 39179]). Bagridae. Distribution: Afghanistan. Habitat: freshwater.

ankutta, Mystus Pethiyagoda [R.], Silva [A.] & Maduwage [K.] 2008:234, Figs. 1-2 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 19 (no. 3); ref. 29985] Kelani drainage, stream Wak-Oya at Waga (near Labugama), 6°54'N, 80°07'E, Sri Lanka, elevation 150 meters. Holotype: WHT 7727. Paratypes: CMK 7106 (2), 7139 (2), 8838 (2), 12192 (3), 10773 (1); WHT 11 (2), 125 (3), 7728 (2). •Valid as Mystus ankutta Pethiyagoda, Silva & Maduwage 2008 -- (Ng & Kottelat 2009:248 [ref. 30202], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:167 [ref. 33011], Sudasinghe et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34902]). Current status: Valid as Mystus ankutta Pethiyagoda, Silva & Maduwage 2008. Bagridae. Distribution: Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater.

armatus, Macrones Day [F.] 1865:289, Fig. [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865 (pt 1); ref. 5295] Rivers and occasionally in backwaters, Cochin, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7573 (1, non-type); BMNH 1865.7.17.21 (1), 1975.9.30.13 (1, dry), 2016.11.30.820 (1); NMW 45165 (1), ZSI F1084 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:157 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:294 [ref. 25110], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155]. Also appeared in Day 1865:187 [ref. 1074]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Valid as Mystus armatus (Day 1865) -- (Burgess 1989:69 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:203 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:557 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Indra 1993:186 [ref. 24009], Rema Devi & Ilango 1993:247 [ref. 24017], Rema Devi et al. 1996:136 [ref. 24021], Grant 1999:171 [ref. 24293], Menon 1999:199 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Karmakar 2000:32 [ref. 25662], Arunachalam et al. 2001:128 [ref. 25692], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:36 [ref. 26894], Ataur Rahman 2003:225 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:37 [ref. 28762], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kottelat 2009:248 [ref. 30202], Darshan et al. 2011:2181 [ref. 31641], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:318 [ref. 32984], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:43 [ref. 32983], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:239 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Plamoottil 2020:119 [ref. 38337]). Current status: Valid as Mystus armatus (Day 1865). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan (?). Habitat: freshwater.

armiger, Mystus Ng [H. H.] 2004:883, Figs. 1-3 [Copeia 2004 (no. 4); ref. 28016] Kelantan River at Kampung Kuala Besar, 200 meters from the sea, 6°12'N, 102°12'E, Kelantan, Malaysia. Holotype: CAS 218896. Paratypes: CAS 65248 (9). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus armiger Ng 2004 -- (Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Mystus wolffii (Bleeker 1851) -- (Ng 2012:65 [ref. 32092]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus wolffii (Bleeker 1851). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

atrifasciatus, Mystus Fowler [H. W.] 1937:146, Figs. 35-37 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 89; ref. 1425] Pitsanulok, Thailand. Holotype: ANSP 67907. Paratypes: ANSP 67908-12 (5), 68003 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:25 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus atrifasciatus Fowler 1937 -- (Roberts 1992:81 [ref. 14632], Rainboth 1996:141 [ref. 22772], Kottelat 1998:100 [ref. 23436], Kottelat 2001:124 [ref. 25780], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:39 [ref. 26894], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:46 [ref. 33971], Taki et al. 2021:286 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Mystus atrifasciatus Fowler 1937. Bagridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mae Klong, Chao Phraya and Mekong River basins, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.

bimaculatus, Macrones Volz [W.] 1904:466 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 12 (no. 2); ref. 15218] Sengi Si Russu and Kwantang River, near Djapura (Indragari), Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes: (5) MHNG 683.28 (1), NMW 45166-67 (1, 1). Type catalog: Weber 1998:10 [ref. 32707], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155] •Valid as Mystus bimaculatus (Volz 1904) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:65 [ref. 23448], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Tan & Ng 1999:277 [ref. 24254], Ng et al. 2001:357 [ref. 25966], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:41 [ref. 26894], Ng 2003:376 [ref. 26909], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Mystus bimaculatus (Volz 1904). Bagridae. Distribution: Sumatra, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.

birmannus, Bagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:419 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Irrawaddy River at Rangoon, Myanmar. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0577. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:27 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822) -- (Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:57 [ref. 26894] dating to 1839, Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bleekeri, Macrones Day [F.] 1877:451, Pl. 101 (fig. 1) [The fishes of India Part 3; ref. 4886] Jumna [Yamuna] River, India. Lectotype: ZSI 1076. Paralectotypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7999 (1, type) Seharunpore; BMNH 1889.2.1.2335-36 (2); NMW 44168 (1); RMNH 3024 (1); ZSI 781 (1), 1076 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:157 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:295 [ref. 25110], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Roberts 1994:246 [ref. 21568]; regarded as invalid by Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155] who suggests that Sharma & Dutt's designation (1983:34) of ZSI 1076 is valid. See also Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155] for more comments. See also Ng & Kottelat 2009:249 [ref. 30202]. •Synonym of Mystus keletius (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Pethiyagoda 1991:149 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:562 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:63 [ref. 26894], Menon 1999:202 [ref. 24904], Rema-Devi 2001:297 [ref. 25883], Ng 2002:162 [ref. 26403], Yadav 2003:18 [ref. 27711], Jayaram 2006:43 [ref. 28762], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Pethiyagoda et al. 2008:233 [ref. 29985]). •Valid as Mystus bleekeri (Day 1877) -- (Shrestha 1978:38 [ref. 15970], Burgess 1989:69 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:201 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:558 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Rema Devi & Ilango 1993:247 [ref. 24017], Roberts 1994:246 [ref. 21568], Indra 1994:418 [ref. 24015], Sen 1995:561 [ref. 23778], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:155 [ref. 24759], Rema Devi et al. 1999:158 [ref. 24758], Sen 1999:200 [ref. 24750], Raju Thomas et al. 1999:482 [ref. 25438], Menon 1999:200 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:325 [ref. 25220], Mirza 2000:356 [ref. 25207], Karmakar 2000:32 [ref. 25662], Rema-Devi 2001:296 [ref. 25883], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:41 [ref. 26894], Rafique et al. 2003:97 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:17 [ref. 27265], Ataur Rahman 2003:223 [ref. 31338], Yadav 2003:18 [ref. 27711], Jayaram 2006:38 [ref. 28762], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:149 [ref. 29923], Patra 2011:1612 [ref. 31232], Darshan et al. 2011:2177 [ref. 31641], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Gurung et al. 2013:4883 [ref. 32969], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:167 [ref. 33011], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Sudasinghe et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34902], Darshan et al. 2019:521 [ref. 36873], Kosygin et al. 2022:665 [ref. 40736], Vijayakrishnan & Praveenraj 2022:448 [ref. 39141]). Current status: Valid as Mystus bleekeri (Day 1877). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Ganges River basin (India). Habitat: freshwater.

bocourti, Heterobagrus Bleeker [P.] 1864:355, Pl. [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 16 (no. 3); ref. 404] Mé-Nam River at Bangkok, Thailand. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1553. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:29-30 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Heterobagrus bocourti Bleeker 1864 -- (Burgess 1989:71 [ref. 12860], Rainboth 1996:140 [ref. 22772]). •Valid as Mystus bocourti (Bleeker 1864) -- (Roberts 1989:123 [ref. 6439], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Roberts 1994:246 [ref. 21568], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Kottelat 2001:124 [ref. 25780], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:45 [ref. 26894], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:167 [ref. 33011], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989], Taki et al. 2021:283 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Mystus bocourti (Bleeker 1864). Bagridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins, Thailand. Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.

burmanicus, Macrones bleekeri var. Jenkins [J. T.] 1910:138 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 5 (pt 2) (art. 12); ref. 14478] Not available, no description. •In the synonymy of Mystus bleekeri (Day 1877) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:558 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:200 [ref. 24904]). •In the synonymy Mystus rufescens (Vinciguerra 1890) -- (Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:104 [ref. 26894], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989]). •Not available, placement uncertain -- (Ng & Kottelat 2009:248 [ref. 30202]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Mystus rufescens (Vinciguerra 1890). Bagridae.

canarensis, Mystus Grant [S.] 1999:170 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 24293] Day specimens: AMS B.7624 (1, non-type) Canara, NMW 45228 (1, non-type). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. Replacement name for Hara malabarica Day 1865, secondarily preoccupied in Mystus by Bagrus malabaricus Jerdon 1849. Neotype (AMS B.7624) designated by Grant 1999:170 [ref. 24293] but rejected by Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Mysteus malabaricus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Mystus canarensis Grant 1999 -- (Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:318 [ref. 32984], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:43 [ref. 32983], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:239 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:239 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Plamoottil 2020:123 [ref. 38337]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Mystus canarensis Grant 1999. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.

carcio, Pimelodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:181, 377, Pl. 23 (fig. 60) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ponds of northern Bengal, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:98 [ref. 29155]. Pl. 23 (fig. 60) is wrongly captioned as batasio and should have been captioned as carcio -- see Grant 2006:4 [ref. 28890]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 102 [ref. 37532]. •Synonym of Mystus vittatus (Bloch 1794) -- (Roberts 1992:80 [ref. 14632], Menon 1999:207 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Mystus tengara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:107 [ref. 26894], Ferraris 2007:98 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Mystus carcio (Hamilton 1822) -- (Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Darshan et al. 2010:49 [ref. 40203], Darshan et al. 2011:2177 [ref. 31641], Kottelat 2013:264 [ref. 32989], Sudasinghe et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34902], Darshan et al. 2019:521 [ref. 36873]). Current status: Valid as Mystus carcio (Hamilton 1822). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Brahmaputra River basin (India). Habitat: freshwater.

castaneus, Mystus Ng [H. H.] 2002:163, Fig. 2 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 50 (no. 1); ref. 26403] Serian market (from Sungai Sadong), Sarawak, malaysia, Borneo. Holotype: ZRC 41848. Paratypes: CMK 6914 (4), 10087 (24), 10347 (1), 10499 (3); FMNH 62997 (1), 63027 (1), 68567-68 (1, 2), 68744 (1), 68746-50 (2, 2, 1, 1, 1), 69890 (1); ZMA 119.059-60 (1, 7); ZRC 3231 (1), 25997 (1), 27672 (1), 28176 (1), 38003 (6), 38408 (1), 39419 (3), 40487 (8), 41854 (1), 42310 (1), 42670 (2), 43728 (1). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kim 2008:33 [ref. 29920]. •Valid as Mystus castaneus Ng 2002 -- (Ng 2003:374 [ref. 26909], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:159 [ref. 28284], Parenti & Lim 2005:190 [ref. 28285], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989], Sulaiman et al. 2018:35 [ref. 35802], Ng et al. 2019:530 [ref. 36606]). Current status: Valid as Mystus castaneus Ng 2002. Bagridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: southern Thailand, Malaya (Malaysia), central Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo. Habitat: freshwater.

catapogon, Mystus Plamoottil [M.] 2016:1968, Figs. 1-3 [Journal of Research in Biology v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 34462] Small water stream at Mavelikkara, Kerala, India. Holotype: ZSI/ANRC 12758. Paratypes: ZSI/ANRC 12759 (4). •Valid as Mystus catapogon Plamoottil 2016 -- (Plamoottil 2020:125 [ref. 38337]). Current status: Valid as Mystus catapogon Plamoottil 2016. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.

cavasius, Pimelodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:203, 379, Pl. 11 (fig. 67) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Gangetic provinces [Atrau River], India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 115 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Mystus cavasius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ganguly & Datta 1975:296 [ref. 7248], Roberts 1989:123 [ref. 6439], Burgess 1989:69 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:200 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:559 [ref. 20764], Indra 1991:240 [ref. 24005], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Roberts 1994:248 [ref. 21568], Indra 1994:418 [ref. 24015], Sen 1995:561 [ref. 23778], Rema Devi et al. 1996:136 [ref. 24021], Manimekalan 1998:440 [ref. 24989], Grant 1999:172 [ref. 24293], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:156 [ref. 24759], Rema Devi et al. 1999:159 [ref. 24758], Sen 1999:200 [ref. 24750], Menon 1999:200 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:325 [ref. 25220], Karmakar 2000:32 [ref. 25662], Rema-Devi 2001:297 [ref. 25883], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:46, 89 [ref. 26894], Rafique et al. 2003:97 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:17 [ref. 27265], Yadav 2003:18 [ref. 27711] as cuvasius, Ataur Rahman 2003:222 [ref. 31338], Remi Devi et al. 2005:123 [ref. 28532], Chakrabarty & Ng 2005:2 [ref. 28556], Jayaram 2006:40 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:150 [ref. 29923], Darshan et al. 2011:2177 [ref. 31641], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:167 [ref. 33011], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:238 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Arunkumar & Manimekalan 2018:1739 [ref. 36172], Suresh et al. 2018:115 [ref. 36495], Vanarajan & Arunachalam 2018:107 [ref. 37538], Darshan et al. 2019:521 [ref. 36873], Plamoottil 2020:125 [ref. 38337], Kosygin et al. 2022:666 [ref. 40736], Tudu et al. 2022:43 [ref. 40484], Vijayakrishnan & Praveenraj 2022:448 [ref. 39141]). Current status: Valid as Mystus cavasius (Hamilton 1822). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Ganga-Brahmaputra basin, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar (?Malaysia, and Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

celator, Mystus Ng [H. H.] & Kottelat [M.] 2023:982, Figs. 2, 6, 7 [Vertebrate Zoology v. 73; ref. 40577] Thein Lin Chaung at Thein Lin Village, east of Bhamo, Kachin State, Myanmar, 24°11'1"N, 97°15'30"E. Holotype: MHNG 2790.082. Paratypes: CMK, ZRC. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Mystus celator Ng & Kottelat 2023. Current status: Valid as Mystus celator Ng & Kottelat 2023. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: middle Irrawaddy River drainage (upstream of Mandalay), Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.

cineraceus, Mystus Ng [H. H.] & Kottelat [M.] 2009:245, Figs. 1, 2A [Copeia 2009 (no. 2); ref. 30202] Lower 300 m of Nant Yen Khan Chaung, affluent of Lake Indawgyi, a little south of Lonton Village, 25°06'0.0"N, 96°16'59.0"E, Kachin state, Myanmar. Holotype: NRM 41017. Paratypes: NRM 40708 (4), 40977 (9), 41015 (5); UMMZ 248754 (2). •Valid as Mystus cineraceus Ng & Kottelat 2009 -- (Darshan et al. 2011:2177 [ref. 31641], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:168 [ref. 33011], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989], Ng & Kottelat 2023:987 [ref. 40577]). Current status: Valid as Mystus cineraceus Ng & Kottelat 2009. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: middle Irrawaddy River drainage, northern Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.

colvillii, Macrones Günther [A.] 1874:36 [1], Pl. 8 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 14 (no. 79) (art. 8); ref. 18197] Tigris River at Baghdad, Iraq. Syntypes: BMNH 1874.4.28.6-8 (3), 1875.1.14.19-21 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155]. On p. 1 of separate. •Valid as Mystus colvillii (Günther 1874) -- (Burgess 1989:69 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Mystus pelusius (Solander 1794) -- (Anuradha 1987:296 [ref. 20809], Coad 1991:19 [ref. 15702], Roberts 1994:243 [ref. 21568], Coad 1995:24 [ref. 23608], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890] with question, Fricke et al. 2007:54 [ref. 29533], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155], Esmaeili et al. 2010:373 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:889 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35254], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:210 [ref. 37983], Esmaeili et al. 2022:338 [ref. 39045], Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu 2023:447 [ref. 40276], Çiçek et al. 2024:273 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus pelusius (Solander 1794). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

cyrusi, Mystus Esmaeili [H. R.], Sayyadzadeh [G.], Zarei [F.], Eagderi [S.] & Mousavi-Sabet [H.] 2022:327, Figs. 2-6 [Zootaxa 5099 (no. 3); ref. 39045] Qalatooyeh Spring, Kol River drainage, Qalatooyeh (Ghalatooye) village, Forg region, Darab city, Fars Province, Iran, 28°10'16.8"N, 55°14'42.5"E. Holotype: ZM-CBSU J2901. Paratypes: (14) ZM-CBSU. •Valid as Mystus cyrusi Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh, Zarei, Eagderi & Mousavi-Sabet 2022 -- ( Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu 2023:455 [ref. 40276], Çiçek et al. 2024:272 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Mystus cyrusi Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh, Zarei, Eagderi & Mousavi-Sabet 2022. Bagridae. Distribution: Middle East: Kol River drainage, Fars Province (southern Iran). Habitat: freshwater.

dibrugarensis, Macrones montanus var. Chaudhuri [B. L.] 1913:254, Pl. 9 (figs. 2, 2a-b) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 8 (pt 3); ref. 819] Dibrugarh, Assam, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI F7795/1. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus dibrugarensis (Chaudhuri 1913) -- (Grant 1999:172 [ref. 24293] with question). •Synonym of Mystus montanus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:567 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:205 [ref. 24904], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:82 [ref. 26894], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Mystus dibrugarensis (Chaudhuri 1913) -- (Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Darshan et al. 2011:2177 [ref. 31641] as cf. dibargarensis, Gurung et al. 2013:4883 [ref. 32969], Darshan et al. 2019:521 [ref. 36873]). Current status: Valid as Mystus dibrugarensis (Chaudhuri 1913). Bagridae. Distribution: Siang River basin, India. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

falcarius, Mystus Chakrabarty [P.] & Ng [H. H.] 2005:13, Figs. 3c, 7 [Zootaxa No. 1093; ref. 28556] Myitkyina market, Kachin State, Myanmar. Holotype: CAS 89001. Paratypes: BMNH 1891.11.39.210-219 (13); CAS 79033 (2), 89000 (4), 92932 (1), 96569 (1); USNM 343550 (1), 344668 (6). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus falcarius Chakrabarty & Ng 2005 -- (Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kottelat 2009:248 [ref. 30202], Darshan et al. 2011:2177 [ref. 31641], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:168 [ref. 33011], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989], Darshan et al. 2019:521 [ref. 36873], Ng & Kottelat 2023:987 [ref. 40577]). Current status: Valid as Mystus falcarius Chakrabarty & Ng 2005. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Chindwin-Irrawaddy River basin, Myanmar and Manipur, India. Habitat: freshwater.

fuscus, Bagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:417 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Around Cananor, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0590. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:27 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822) -- (Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:57 [ref. 26894] dating to 1839, Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

gulio, Pimelodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:201, 379, Pl. 23 (fig. 66) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Higher parts of Gangetic estuaries. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 113 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822) -- (Burgess 1989:69 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:204 [ref. 24860], Pethiyagoda 1991:147 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:560 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Kottelat et al. 1993:66 [ref. 23448], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:216 [ref. 24016], Indra 1994:419 [ref. 24015], Kottelat & Lim 1996:239 [ref. 23210], Rema Devi et al. 1996:136 [ref. 24021], Rema Devi et al. 1999:159 [ref. 24758], Menon 1999:201 [ref. 24904], Mishra et al. 1999:83 [ref. 25315], Tan & Ng 1999:278 [ref. 24254], Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:589 [ref. 25122], Freyhof et al. 2000:96 [ref. 25184], Rafique 2000:325 [ref. 25220], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703], Kottelat 2001:52 [ref. 25482], Rema-Devi 2001:297 [ref. 25883], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:57 [ref. 26894], Mirza 2003:17 [ref. 27265], Khan 2003:7 [ref. 27710], Yadav 2003:19 [ref. 27711], Jayaram 2006:42 [ref. 28762], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:150 [ref. 29923], Pethiyagoda et al. 2008:233 [ref. 29985], Ng & Kottelat 2009:248 [ref. 30202], Darshan et al. 2011:2177 [ref. 31641], Ng 2012:58 [ref. 32092], Liu et al. 2012:648 [ref. 32220], Ng 2012:76 [ref. 32464], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:43 [ref. 32983], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:169 [ref. 33011], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989], Plamoottil 2016:1974 [ref. 34462], Sudasinghe et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34902], Sulaiman et al. 2018:44 [ref. 35802], Suresh et al. 2018:117 [ref. 36495], Ng et al. 2019:530 [ref. 36606], Taki et al. 2021:289 [ref. 39830], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[6] [ref. 39245], Kosygin et al. 2022:666 [ref. 40736], Vijayakrishnan & Praveenraj 2022:448 [ref. 39141], Ng & Kottelat 2023:987 [ref. 40577]). Current status: Valid as Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822). Bagridae. Distribution: South and Southeast Asia: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia to Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

gulioides, Bagrus Bleeker [P.] 1846:24 [152] [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 21 (art. 5); ref. 313] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 6862 (some of 23). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. Appeared later in Bleeker 1846:152 [ref. 5872]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:145 [ref. 30423]. •Synonym of Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822) -- (Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:57 [ref. 26894], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Mustes abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

halepensis, Bagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:413 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Couiac River [now the dried out river named Queiq], Aleppo, Syria. No types known. Syntypes: BMNH 1955.6.25.1 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus halepensis (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Burgess 1989:69 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Mystus pelusius (Solander 1794) -- (Coad 1991:18 [ref. 15702], Roberts 1994:243 [ref. 21568], Coad 1995:24 [ref. 23608], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:93 [ref. 26894], Fricke et al. 2007:54 [ref. 29533], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155], Esmaeili et al. 2010:373 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:889 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35254], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:210 [ref. 37983], Esmaeili et al. 2022:338 [ref. 39045], Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu 2023:445 [ref. 40276], Çiçek et al. 2024:273 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus pelusius (Solander 1794). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

heoki, Mystus Plamoottil [M.] & Abraham [N. P.] 2013:47, Figs. 3-5, 6F-7F [Biosystematica v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 32983] Elankadu, Manimala River, Kerula, India. Holotype: ZSI/FF 4626. Paratypes: ZSI/WGRC/2419 (5) Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462] and Plamoottil 2020:115 [ref. 38337] have ZSI/FF 4626 as holotype. •Valid as Mystus heoki Plamoottil & Abraham 2013 -0- (Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:239 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Plamoottil 2020:124 [ref. 38337]). Current status: Valid as Mystus heoki Plamoottil & Abraham 2013. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Manimala River drainage, Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.

heterurus, Bagrus Bleeker [P.] 1846:23 [151] [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 21 (art. 5); ref. 313] Western Java, Indonesia. Neotype: RMNH 2951. Appeared later in Bleeker 1846:151 [ref. 5872]. Neotype designated by Roberts1994:252. •Synonym of Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Roberts 1989:122 [ref. 6439]). •Synonym of Mystus singaringan (Bleeker 1846) -- (Roberts 1994:252 [ref. 21568], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:106 [ref. 26894]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus singaringan (Bleeker 1846). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

horai, Mystus (Mystus) vittatus Jayaram [K. C.] 1954:536, Fig. 4; Pl. 19. [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 51 (pt 4); ref. 2336] Indus River at Kalabagh, Pakistan. Syntypes: ZSI (4) lost. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. See Das 2003:379 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Mystus horai Jayaram 1954 -- (Burgess 1989:69 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:562 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Rafique 2000:325 [ref. 25220], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:61 [ref. 26894], Mirza 2003:17 [ref. 27265], Jayaram 2006:43 [ref. 28762], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Mystus horai Jayaram 1954. Bagridae. Distribution: Indus river system, Pakistan (if valid). Habitat: freshwater.

impluviatus, Mystus Ng [H. H.] 2003:373, Figs. 1, 2a, 3a [Copeia 2003 (no. 2); ref. 26909] Small river on road 12.2 kilometers from Sebulu crossroads towards forest and 59 kilometers from Air Putih crossroads, 0°16'S, 117°0'E, Kalimantan Timur, Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype: CAS 97049. Paratypes: CAS 94621 (2), 95035 (2), 95038 (5), 97045 (3); MZB 10703 (1); USNM 371267 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus impluviatus Ng 2003 -- (Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Mystus impluviatus Ng 2003. Bagridae. Distribution: Eastern Borneo. Habitat: freshwater.

indicus, Mystus Plamoottil [M.] & Abraham [N. P.] 2013:44, Figs. 1-2, 6G-7G [Biosystematica v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 32983] Kuttoor, Manimala River, Kerala, India. Holotype: ZSI/FF 4627. Paratypes: ZSI/WGRC/2418 (7). •Valid as Mystus indicus Plamoottil & Abraham 2013 -- (Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:239 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Plamoottil 2020:123 [ref. 38337]). Current status: Valid as Mystus indicus Plamoottil & Abraham 2013. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Manimala River drainage, Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.

irulu, Mystus Vijayakrishnan [B.] & Praveenraj [J.] 2022:444, Figs. 1-3A, 4A [Zootaxa 5120 (no. 3); ref. 39141] Netravathi River near Uppinangady Town, Karnataka, India, 12°50.57'N, 75°18.29'E, elevation 28 meters. Holotype: ZSI/MBRC F-2486. Paratypes: CIARI FF-85 (1), ZSI/MBRC F-2487 (1). •Valid as Mystus irulu Vijayakrishnan & Praveenraj 2022. Current status: Valid as Mystus irulu Vijayakrishnan & Praveenraj 2022. Bagridae. Distribution: Southern Asia: Netravathi River drainage, Karnataka, India. Habitat: freshwater.

keletius, Bagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:411 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Puducherry [Pondicherry], India. Lectotype: MNHN A-9011. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-4369 [ex RMNH] (1) Java. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:26 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:98 [ref. 29155]. Type information: Roberts 1993:29 [ref. 21799]. Lectotype selected by Ng 2002:166 [ref. 26403]. •In part (Java specimen) synonym of Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Roberts 1993:29 [ref. 21799], Ng 2002:162 [ref. 26403]). •Synonym of Mystus armatus (Day 1865) or Mystus vittatus (Bloch 1794) after lectotype designation -- (Ng 2002:165 [ref. 26403]). •Synonym of Mystus vittatus (Bloch 1794) -- (Ferraris 2007:98 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Mystus keletius (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Pethiyagoda 1991:149 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:562 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:63 [ref. 26894], Menon 1999:202 [ref. 24904], Rema-Devi 2001:297 [ref. 25883], Ng 2002:162 [ref. 26403], Yadav 2003:18 [ref. 27711], Jayaram 2006:43 [ref. 28762], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Pethiyagoda et al. 2008:233 [ref. 29985], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:169 [ref. 33011], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Sudasinghe et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34902], Plamoottil 2020:116 [ref. 38337]). Current status: Valid as Mystus keletius (Valenciennes 1840). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Pondicherry, India. Habitat: freshwater.

keralai, Mystus Plamoottil [M.] & Abraham [N. P.] 2014:231, Figs. 1-4, 7A, 7D [International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 33431] Kerala, Manimala River at Chenappady, India. Holotype: ZSI FF 5091. Paratypes: ZSI FF 5092 (1). •Valid as Mystus keralai Plamoottil & Abraham 2014 -- (Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Plamoottil 2020:125 [ref. 38337]). Current status: Valid as Mystus keralai Plamoottil & Abraham 2014. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Manimala River drainage, Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.

leucophasis, Bagrus Blyth [E.] 1860:148 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Sitang and other Myanmar rivers. Possible types or Blyth specimens: AMS B.7925 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus leucophasis (Blyth 1860) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:564 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:67 [ref. 26894], Jayaram 2006:46 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kottelat 2009:248 [ref. 30202], Darshan et al. 2011:2177 [ref. 31641], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989], Ng & Kottelat 2023:987 [ref. 40577]). Current status: Valid as Mystus leucophasis (Blyth 1860). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Chindwin-Irrawaddy and Sitang River basins, Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.

macronemus, Bagrus Bleeker [P.] 1846:22 [150] [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 21 (art. 5); ref. 313] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: SMNS 10571 (2). Type catalog: Fricke 2005:15 [ref. 29864], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155]. A neotype was designated [RMNH 2951] by Roberts 1994:253 [ref. 21568], but that designation is invalid since syntypes are available. Appeared later in Bleeker 1846:150 [ref. 5872]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Bagrus macronemus Ranzani 1842. See van Oijen et al. 2009:139 [ref. 30423] as macronema. •Synonym of Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Roberts 1989:122 [ref. 6439]). •Synonym of Mystus singaringan (Bleeker 1846) -- (Roberts 1994:252 [ref. 21568], Rainboth 1996:142 [ref. 22772], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:106 [ref. 26894], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Mystus singaringan (Bleeker 1846). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

malabarica, Hara Day [F.] 1865:184, Pl. 13 (fig. 3) [The fishes of Malabar; ref. 1074] Mountain streams of Malabar, India. Day specimens: AMS B.7624 (1, non-type) Canara, NMW 45228 (1, non-type). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:158 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:299 [ref. 25110], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. Original locality was mountain streams of Malabar, India. Neotype (AMS B.7624) designated by Grant 1999:170 [ref. 24293] rejected by Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. Secondarily preoccupied in Mystus by Bagrus malabaricus Jerdon 1849, replaced by Mystus cararensis Grant 1999. •Synonym of Mystus malabaricus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Jayaram 2006:48 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus canarensis Grant 1999. Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

malabaricus, Bagrus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:338 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Mountain streams of Malabar, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus malabaricus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:564 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Rema Devi et al. 1996:137 [ref. 24021], Grant 1999:172 [ref. 24293], Menon 1999:203 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Yadav 2000:41 [ref. 25661], Rema-Devi 2001:297 [ref. 25883], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:70 [ref. 26894], Yadav 2003:18 [ref. 27711], Jayaram 2006:47 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kottelat 2009:248 [ref. 30202], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:318 [ref. 32984], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:43 [ref. 32983], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:238 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Plamoottil 2020:121 [ref. 38337], Vijayakrishnan & Praveenraj 2022:448 [ref. 39141]). Current status: Valid as Mystus malabaricus (Jerdon 1849). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

melas, Bagrus Bleeker [P.] 1846:24 [152] [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 21 (art. 5); ref. 313] Java, Indonesia. Whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. Appeared later in Bleeker 1846:152 [ref. 5872]. •Synonym of Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822) -- (Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:57 [ref. 26894], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

menoni, Mystus Plamoottil [M.] & Abraham [N. P.] 2013:316, Figs. 1-3, 4F, 5F [International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 32984] Manimala River at Elankadu, Kerala, India. Holotype: ZSI/FF 4628. Paratypes: ZSI/WGRC IR/V 2417 (5). •Valid as Mystus menoni Plamoottil & Abraham 2013 -- (Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:239 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Plamoottil 2020:124 [ref. 38337]). Current status: Valid as Mystus menoni Plamoottil & Abraham 2013. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Manimala River drainage, Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.

micracanthus, Bagrus Bleeker [P.] 1846:22 [151] [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 21 (art. 5); ref. 313] Java, Indonesia. Possible syntypes: AMS B.7574 (1), B.7979 (1); BMNH 1863.12.4.77 (1); NMV 46463 (1); RMNH 5216 (many). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. Appeared later in Bleeker 1846:151 [ref. 5872]. Neotype designated by Roberts 1989 regarded as unnecessary by by Ng 2002:166 [ref. 26403]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:143 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Mystus micracanthus (Bleeker 1846) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Roberts 1989:120 [ref. 6439], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Kottelat et al. 1993:66 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:239 [ref. 23210], Rainboth 1996:142 [ref. 22772], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:78 [ref. 26894]). •Synonym of Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Roberts 1993:29 [ref. 21799], Ng 2002:162 [ref. 26403], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes 1840). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

misrai, Mystus Anuradha [S.] 1986:292, Figs. 1-2 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 93 (no. 2); ref. 8116] Lake Antioche, Syria [now Lake Amik, Hatay Province, Turkey]. Holotype: MHNG 603.95. Paratypes: MHNG 2231.84 (1), ZSI FF2315 (1), missing specimen (1). Type catalog: Weber 1998:10 [ref. 32707], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Mystus pelusius (Solander 1794) -- (Coad 1991:19 [ref. 15702], Roberts 1994:243 [ref. 21568], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:94 [ref. 26894], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890] with question, Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155], Esmaeili et al. 2010:373 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:889 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35254], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:210 [ref. 37983], Esmaeili et al. 2022:338 [ref. 39045]). •Valid as Mystus misrai Anuradha 1986 -- (Çiçek et al. 2023:417 [ref. 40625], Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu 2023:455 [ref. 40276], Saad et al. 2023:33 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:273 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Mystus misrai Anuradha 1986. Bagridae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Lake Balikh, Hatay Province (Turkey), and possibly the lower Orontes River (Syria). Habitat: freshwater.

montanus, Bagrus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:337 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] River at Manantoddy in Wynaad, Kerala State, southern India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus montanus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:567 [ref. 20764], Indra 1991:240 [ref. 24005], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Indra 1993:186 [ref. 24009], Rema Devi 1993:357 [ref. 24007], Rema Devi 1993:207 [ref. 24010], Indra 1994:419 [ref. 24015], Sen 1995:562 [ref. 23778], Rema Devi et al. 1996:137 [ref. 24021], Grant 1999:172 [ref. 24293], Menon 1999:204 [ref. 24904], Karmakar 2000:32 [ref. 25662], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703], Rema-Devi 2001:297 [ref. 25883], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:82 [ref. 26894], Yadav 2003:19 [ref. 27711], Jayaram 2006:49 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:318 [ref. 32984], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:43 [ref. 32983], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:239 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Narasimhaiah et al. 2016:69 [ref. 34975] as monatanus, Plamoottil 2020:118 [ref. 38337]). Current status: Valid as Mystus montanus (Jerdon 1849). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

mukherjii, Mystus Ganguly [D. N.] & Datta [N. C.] 1975:293, Figs. 1-2 [Zoological Society of India; ref. 7248] Subarnarekha River, below water falls at Hundru, Ranchi District, Bihar, India. Holotype: Fish. Lab., Dept. Zool., Univ. Calcutta, 112 mm TL. Paratypes: Fish. Lab., Dept. Zool., Univ. Calcutta (5), USNM 205615 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:12 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Mystus cavasius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Roberts 1994:248 [ref. 21568], Chakrabarty & Ng 2005:2 [ref. 28556], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus cavasius (Hamilton 1822). Bagridae. Distribution: India. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

multiradiatus, Mystus Roberts [T. R.] 1992:82, Fig. 3b [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 14632] Prachinburi market, Thailand. Holotype: CAS 76119. Paratypes: ANSP 60318 (1), 164951 (1); CAS 67180-85 (2, 1, 2, 5, 1, 5), 76120 (10 not 8); KUMF 993 (1); NIFI 2414 (1); TISTR 2634 (1), 2651 (1); UMMZ 219201 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus multiradiatus Roberts 1992 -- (Rainboth 1996:142 [ref. 22772], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Kottelat 2001:124 [ref. 25780], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:84 [ref. 26894], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989], Taki et al. 2021:287 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Mystus multiradiatus Roberts 1992. Bagridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.

mysticetus, Mystus Roberts [T. R.] 1992:84, Fig. 3c [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 14632] Nakorn Phanom market, Thailand. Holotype: CAS 76121. Paratypes: ANSP 59321 (5), 60703 (1), 61530 (9), 87315 (1), 89438 (8), 89547 (49), 89551 (88); BMNH 1898.11.8.112-113 (2), 1920.7.13.14-15 (2), 1937.9.17.37 (1); CAS 67185-92 (5, 57, 3, 2, 26, 2, 1, 34), 67367-68 (7, 803); MNHN 0000-1555 (1), 0000-9534 (3); TISTR 2635-36 (2, 10), 2650 (21); USNM 306457 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus mysticetus Roberts 1992 -- (Rainboth 1996:143 [ref. 22772], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Kottelat 1998:101 [ref. 23436], Freyhof et al. 2000:96 [ref. 25184] as mysticeus, Kottelat 2001:124 [ref. 25780], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:84 [ref. 26894], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:46 [ref. 33971], Taki et al. 2021:287 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Mystus mysticetus Roberts 1992. Bagridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong and Chao River basins, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.

nanus, Mystus Sudasinghe [H.], Pethiyagoda [R.], Maduwage [K.] & Meegaskumbura [M.] 2016:164, Figs. 1, 2a, 3a, 4, 6a [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 27 (no. 2) for Oct.; ref. 34902] Stream at Mawathgama, Bolgoda drainage, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, 6°49'N, 80°00'E, elevation 16 meters. Holotype: NMSL 2015.12.01.NH. Paratypes: DZ, NMSL. Plus other non-type material. •Valid as Mystus nanus Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura 2016. Current status: Valid as Mystus nanus Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura 2016. Bagridae. Distribution: Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater.

ngasep, Mystus Darshan [A.], Vishwanath [W.], Mahanta [P. C.] & Barat [A.] 2011:2178, Figs. 1, Image 1 [Journal of Threatened Taxa v. 3 (no. 11); ref. 31641] Nambul River at Bijoygovinda-Polemleikai Bridge, Chindwin-Irrawaddy drainage, Manipur State, India, 24°48'N, 93°55'E. Holotype: MUMF 9500. Paratypes: MUMF 9501/1-9501/4 (4), 9502/1-9502/7 (7), 9503/1-9503/4 (4), 9504/1-9504/14 (14). Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Mystus ngasep Darshan, Vishwanath, Mahanta & Barat 2011 -- (Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:167 [ref. 33011], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989], Ng & Kottelat 2023:986 [ref. 40577]). Current status: Valid as Mystus ngasep Darshan, Vishwanath, Mahanta & Barat 2011. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Chindwin-Irrawaddy River basin, Manipur State, India. Habitat: freshwater.

nigriceps, Bagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:412 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Java, Indonesia. Holotype: RMNH 2948. Type information: Roberts 1993:29 [ref. 21799]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. Neotype (but possibly the holotype) designated by Roberts 1993:29 [ref. 21799]; treated as invalid by Ng 2002:166 [ref. 26403] with holotype found. •Valid as Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Roberts 1989:122 [ref. 6439], Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952] as nigroceps, Kottelat et al. 1993:66 [ref. 23448], Roberts 1993:29 [ref. 21799], Kottelat & Lim 1996:239 [ref. 23210], Ng & Rachmatika 1999:175 [ref. 23964], Ng & Tan 1999:357 [ref. 24159], Tan & Ng 1999:278 [ref. 24254], Ng et al. 2001:357 [ref. 25966], Ng 2002:162 [ref. 26403], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:88 [ref. 26894] dated 1839, Ng 2003:373 [ref. 26909], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:159 [ref. 28284], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989], Hasan et al. 2022:6035 [ref. 39888]). Current status: Valid as Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes 1840). Bagridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Java and southern Sumatra (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater.

oculatus, Bagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:424 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Malabar coast, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1195. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:27 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus oculatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Ganguly & Datta 1975:296 [ref. 7248] as occulatus, Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:568 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:131 [ref. 19952], Indra 1993:186 [ref. 24009], Rema Devi et al. 1996:137 [ref. 24021], Menon 1999:205 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703], Rema-Devi 2001:297 [ref. 25883], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:89 [ref. 26894] dated 1839, Yadav 2003:19 [ref. 27711], Jayaram 2006:50 [ref. 28762] dated to 1839, Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:318 [ref. 32984], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:43 [ref. 32983], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:238 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Plamoottil 2020:123 [ref. 38337]). Current status: Valid as Mystus oculatus (Valenciennes 1840). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.

pelusius, Silurus Solander [D. C.] in Russell 1794:210, Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [Natural History of Aleppo. Second Edition v. 2; ref. 19817] Kowick River [now dried out and named Queiq River], Aleppo, Syria. Syntype: BMNH 1955.6.25.1 (1). Based on a figure published in Gronow 1763: Pl. 8a (fig. 6) [ref. 1910] and a syntype. •Valid as Mystus pelusius (Solander 1794) -- (Anuradha 1987:296 [ref. 20809], Coad 1991:18 [ref. 15702], Mo 1991:131 [ref. 19952], Roberts 1994:243 [ref. 21568], Coad 1995:24 [ref. 23608], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:93 [ref. 26894], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Fricke et al. 2007:54 [ref. 29533], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155], Coad 2010:225 [ref. 36620], Esmaeili et al. 2010:373 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:889 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:149 [ref. 35151], Esmaeili et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:54 [ref. 36089], Bayçelebi 2020:759 [ref. 37964], Çiçek et al. 2020:254 [ref. 37644], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:210 [ref. 37983], Bayhan 2021:248 [ref. 40683], Al-Faisal et al. 2022:1407 [ref. 39565], Esmaeili et al. 2022:336 [ref. 39045], Çiçek et al. 2023:23 [ref. 40616], Çiçek et al. 2023:418 [ref. 40625], Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu 2023:455 [ref. 40276], Saad et al. 2023:33 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:273 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Mystus pelusius (Solander 1794). Bagridae. Distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Euphrates River basin and Tigris River basin (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran). Habitat: freshwater.

prabini, Mystus Darshan [A.], Abujam [S.], Kumar [R.], Parhi [J.], Singh [Y. S.], Vishwanath [W.], Das [D. N.] & Pandey [P. K.] 2019:513, Figs. 11, 2a, 5a [Zootaxa 4648 (no. 3); ref. 36873] Sinkin River (a tributary of the Siang River) at Anpum village, Lower Dibang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 28°0'4.4"N, 95°35'9.6"E. Holotype: RGUMF 499. Paratypes: RGUMF 308-315 (8), 316 (6), MN2-MN5 (4); ZSI/APRC P-1660 (2). •Valid as Mystus prabini Darshan, Abujam, Kumar, Parhi, Singh, Vishwanath, Das & Pandey 2019 -- (Kundu et al. 2019:141 [ref. 37352]). Current status: Valid as Mystus prabini Darshan, Abujam, Kumar, Parhi, Singh, Vishwanath, Das & Pandey 2019. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Sinkin and Dibang Rivers, Brahmaputra basin (Arunachal Pradesh, India). Habitat: freshwater.

pulcher, Macrones Chaudhuri [B. L.] 1911:20, Pl. 1 (fig. 4) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 6 (pt 1) (art. 3); ref. 14785] Bhamo close to Yunnan border, Upper Myanmar. Lectotype: ZSI F4716/1. Paralectotypes: ZSI F4717/1 to 4719/1 (3; 4718/1 and 4719/1 are another species). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:126 [ref. 20743], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155] Lectotype selected by Ng & Kottelat 2023:986 [ref. 40577]. •Valid as Mystus pulcher (Chaudhuri 1911) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:569 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:131 [ref. 19952], Selim & Vishwanath 1999:436 [ref. 25442], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:99 [ref. 26894], Jayaram 2006:52 [ref. 28762], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kottelat 2009:248 [ref. 30202], Darshan et al. 2011:2177 [ref. 31641], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989], Darshan et al. 2019:521 [ref. 36873], Shangningam & Kosygin 2022:60 [ref. 39587], Ng & Kottelat 2023:987 [ref. 40577]). Current status: Valid as Mystus pulcher (Chaudhuri 1911). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Chindwin-Irrawaddy River basin, Myanmar, Manipur (India) and Yunnan, China. Habitat: freshwater.

punctifer, Mystus Ng [H. H.], Wirjoatmodjo [S.] & Hadiaty [R. K.] 2001:356, Figs. 1, 2a [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 49 (no. 2); ref. 25967] Trail in Suag Belimbing research station, Gunung Leuser National Park, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype: MZB 8703. Paratypes: MZB 5626 (1), 8707 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus punctifer Ng, Wirjoatmodjo & Hadiaty 2001 -- (Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Mystus punctifer Ng, Wirjoatmodjo & Hadiaty 2001. Bagridae. Distribution: Alas River basin, northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.

rex, Prajadhipokia Fowler [H. W.] 1934:339, Figs. 3-4 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 86; ref. 1418] Bangkok, Thailand. Holotype (unique): ANSP 60179. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:25 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Mystus bocourti (Bleeker 1864) -- (Roberts 1994:246 [ref. 21568], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:45 [ref. 26894], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:94 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus bocourti (Bleeker 1864). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

rhegma, Mystus Fowler [H. W.] 1935:102, Fig. 27 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 87; ref. 13881] Bangkok, Thailand. Holotype (unique): ANSP 61748. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:25 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155] •Synonym of Mystus cavasius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:201 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Mystus rhegma Fowler 1935 -- (Roberts 1992:85 [ref. 14632], Roberts 1994:251 [ref. 21568], Rainboth 1996:143 [ref. 22772], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Kottelat 2001:124 [ref. 25780], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:103 [ref. 26894], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Mystus rhegma Fowler 1935. Bagridae. Distribution: Thailand and Cambodia. Habitat: freshwater.

rhodopterygius, Bagrus Bleeker [P.] 1846:25 [153] [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 21 (art. 5); ref. 313] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. Appeared later in Bleeker 1846:153 [ref. 5872]. •Synonym of Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822) -- (Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:57 [ref. 26894] as rhodopterigius, Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

rubripinnis, Mystus Vanarajan [A.] & Arunachalam [M.] 2018:107, Figs. 2-3 [Trends in Fisheries Research v. 7 (no. 3); ref. 37538] Vaigai Dam, impoundment of the lower reach of Vaigai River, Periyakulam, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Holotype: CUKMNH F1. Paratypes: CMA (6). •Valid as Mystus rubripinnis Vanarajan & Arunachalam 2018. Current status: Valid as Mystus rubripinnis Vanarajan & Arunachalam 2018. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Vaigai River drainage (Tamil Nadu, India). Habitat: freshwater.

rufescens, Macrones Vinciguerra [D.] 1890:226, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 2) v. 9; ref. 4520] Meetan, Tenasserim Provinces, Myanmar. Holotype (unique): MSNG 14585. Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:307 [ref. 10351], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus rufescens (Vinciguerra 1890) -- (Roberts 1994:251 [ref. 21568], Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:571 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:131 [ref. 19952], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:104 [ref. 26894], Jayaram 2006:53 [ref. 28762], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kottelat 2009:248 [ref. 30202], Darshan et al. 2011:2177 [ref. 31641], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:168 [ref. 33011], Darshan et al. 2019:521 [ref. 36873], Ng & Kottelat 2023:988 [ref. 40577]). Current status: Valid as Mystus rufescens (Vinciguerra 1890). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Irrawaddy, Sittang and lower Salween River basins, Myanmar and Manipur, India. Habitat: freshwater.

schlegelii, Bagrus Bleeker [P.] 1846:25 [153] [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 21 (art. 5); ref. 313] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Possible types: AMS B.8123. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:36 [ref. 29155], Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]. Appeared later in Bleeker 1846:153 [ref. 5872]. •Synonym of Arius venosus Valenciennes 1840 -- (Kailola 1999:1869 [ref. 24732] in part, Ferraris 2007:36 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822) -- (Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:57 [ref. 26894] as schlegelli, Ferraris 2007:95 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kottelat 2013:262 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes 1840). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

seengtee, Pimelodus Sykes [W. H.] 1839:164 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Deccan, India. Possible holotype: BMNH 1857.6.13.154 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:61 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:374, Pl. 66 (fig. 2) [ref. 18868]. See Chakrabarty & Ng 2005:17 [ref. 28556] for information on the type. •Synonym of Mystus cavasius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Roberts 1994:248 [ref. 21568], Menon 1999:200 [ref. 24904] as seengfee, Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:46 [ref. 26894] dating to 1841, Jayaram 2006:40 [ref. 28762]). •Valid as Pimelodus seengtee Sykes 1839 -- (Coad 1981:15 [ref. 22348]). •Valid as Mystus seengtee (Sykes 1839) -- (Chakrabarty & Ng 2005:9 [ref. 28556], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155], Pethiyagoda et al. 2008:233 [ref. 29985], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:168 [ref. 33011], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:238 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Vanarajan & Arunachalam 2018:107 [ref. 37538], Plamoottil 2020:125 [ref. 38337], Vijayakrishnan & Praveenraj 2022:448 [ref. 39141]). Current status: Valid as Mystus seengtee (Sykes 1839). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: southern Peninsular India (Sri Lanka now Mystus zeylanicus). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

singaringan, Bagrus Bleeker [P.] 1846:22 [150] [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 21 (art. 5); ref. 313] Western Java, Indonesia. Neotype: RMNH 2951. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155]. Appeared later in Bleeker 1846:150 [ref. 5872]. Neotype designated by Roberts 1994:252 [ref. 21568]. Roberts 1994:252 [ref. 21568] serves as first reviser selecting singaringan over heterurus. •Valid as Mystus singaringan (Bleeker 1846) -- (Roberts 1994:252 [ref. 21568], Rainboth 1996:142 [ref. 22772], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Kottelat 1998:101 [ref. 23436], Ng & Tan 1999:357 [ref. 24159], Tan & Ng 1999:278 [ref. 24254], Freyhof et al. 2000:96 [ref. 25184], Kottelat 2001:124 [ref. 25780], Ng 2002:166 [ref. 26403], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:106 [ref. 26894], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:160 [ref. 28284], Parenti & Lim 2005:190 [ref. 28285], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:167 [ref. 33011], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:46 [ref. 33971], Ng et al. 2019:530 [ref. 36606], Taki et al. 2021:284 [ref. 39830], Hasan et al. 2022:6035 [ref. 39888]). Current status: Valid as Mystus singaringan (Bleeker 1846). Bagridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Sundaland to Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.

tengara, Pimelodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:183, 377, Pl. 3 (fig. 61) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ponds of India. No types known. Possible syntypes: BMNH 1858.8.15.94-96 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 103 [ref. 37532]. •Questionably a synonym of Mystus vittatus (Bloch 1794) -- (Grant 2006 [ref. 28890]). •Valid as Mystus tengara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Shrestha 1978:38 [ref. 15970], Coad 1981:15 [ref. 22348], Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:202 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:571 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:131 [ref. 19952], Nath 1996:593 [ref. 24975], Menon 1999:206 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:325 [ref. 25220], Karmakar 2000:32 [ref. 25662], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:107 [ref. 26894], Mirza 2003:17 [ref. 27265], Ataur Rahman 2003:224 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:54 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:151 [ref. 29923], Patra 2011:1612 [ref. 31232], Darshan et al. 2011:2177 [ref. 31641], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Kottelat 2013:264 [ref. 32989], Sudasinghe et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34902], Darshan et al. 2019:521 [ref. 36873], Nair et al. 2021:[2] [ref. 38773], Kosygin et al. 2022:666 [ref. 40736], Çiçek et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40326]). Current status: Valid as Mystus tengara (Hamilton 1822). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, ?Thailand and ?Java (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater.

velifer, Mystus Ng [H. H.] 2012:59, Figs. 1, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5 [Zootaxa No. 3398; ref. 32092] Tonlé Sap at exit to Great Lake, 4 km northwest of Chhnok Trou, at Kompong Thom fishing lot 2, Thom Province, Cambodia. Holotype: UMMZ 232733. Paratypes: many at ANSP, CAS, UMMZ, ZRC. •Valid as Mystus velifer Ng 2012 -- (Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:46 [ref. 34464], Taki et al. 2021:288 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Mystus velifer Ng 2012. Bagridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Malay Peninsula to Vietnam (and possibly Sumatra). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

vittatus, Silurus Bloch [M. E.] 1794:50, Pl. 371 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 8; ref. 463] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2939. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:48 [ref. 24282], Ferraris 2007:98 [ref. 29155] On p. 40 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 11 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Mystus vittatus (Bloch 1794) -- (Shrestha 1978:38 [ref. 15970], Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:202 [ref. 24860], Pethiyagoda 1991:151 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:573 [ref. 20764], Indra 1991:240 [ref. 24005], Mo 1991:131 [ref. 19952], Roberts 1992:80 [ref. 14632], Indra 1993:186 [ref. 24009], Rema Devi 1993:207 [ref. 24010], Rema Devi & Ilango 1993:247 [ref. 24017], Indra 1994:419 [ref. 24015], Sen 1995:562 [ref. 23778], Vu & Nguyen 1997:27 [ref. 26438], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:156 [ref. 24759], Rema Devi et al. 1999:159 [ref. 24758], Sen 1999:200 [ref. 24750], Menon 1999:207 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:325 [ref. 25220], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Karmakar 2000:32 [ref. 25662], Rema-Devi 2001:296 [ref. 25883], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:111 [ref. 26894] dated 1797, Rafique et al. 2003:97 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:18 [ref. 27265], Khan 2003:7 [ref. 27710], Yadav 2003:19 [ref. 27711], Ataur Rahman 2003:224 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:56 [ref. 28762], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:98 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:151 [ref. 29923], Pethiyagoda et al. 2008:233 [ref. 29985], Conway et al. 2011:1755 [ref. 31594], Gurung et al. 2013:4883 [ref. 32969], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:43 [ref. 32983], Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:168 [ref. 33011], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Sudasinghe et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34902], Suresh et al. 2018:119 [ref. 36495], Darshan et al. 2019:521 [ref. 36873], Plamoottil 2020:118 [ref. 38337], Tudu et al. 2022:43 [ref. 40484]). Current status: Valid as Mystus vittatus (Bloch 1794). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

wolffii, Bagrus Bleeker [P.] 1851:205 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 329] Bandjarmasin, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: AMS B.7774 (1) Java, BMNH 1863.12.4.94 (1), NMV 46225 (1), ZMB 4794 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:98 [ref. 29155]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:142 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Mystus wolffii (Bleeker 1851) [sometimes as wolffi] -- (Roberts 1989:126 [ref. 6439], Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Mo 1991:131 [ref. 19952], Kottelat et al. 1993:67 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:239 [ref. 23210], Rainboth 1996:144 [ref. 22772], Tan & Ng 1999:278 [ref. 24254], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:115 [ref. 26894], Ng 2004:883 [ref. 28016], Ferraris 2007:98 [ref. 29155], Ng 2012:58 [ref. 32092], Ng 2012:73 [ref. 32464], Kottelat 2013:264 [ref. 32989], Ng et al. 2019:530 [ref. 36606]). Current status: Valid as Mystus wolffii (Bleeker 1851). Bagridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: large rivers of Thailand, Malaya (Malaysia), Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

zeylanicus, Mystus Ng [H. H.] & Pethiyagoda [R.] 2013:162, Figs. 1-2 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 24 (no. 2); ref. 33011] Western Province, Matugama District, tributary to Bentota Ganga [Bentara River], about 8 km north of Matugama on road to Kalutara, Sri Lanka. Holotype: USNM 317578. Paratypes: CAS-SU 30150 (1), 68938 (1); USNM 410744 (18). •Valid as Mystus zeylanicus Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013 -- (Sudasinghe et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34902]). Current status: Valid as Mystus zeylanicus Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013. Bagridae. Distribution: Western province, Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater.