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.