chinensis, Macrones Steindachner [F.] 1883:196 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse v. 20 (no. 22); ref. 20488] Canton, China. Holotype (unique): NMW. Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1884:1111 [p. 47 in separate], Pl. 8 [ref. 4234]. •Synonym of Mystus guttatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Zheng 1989:285 [ref. 21202], Gao in Pan et al. 1991:314 [ref. 23876], Zheng in Chu et al. 1999:72 [ref. 24534]). •Mention in Hemibagrus -- (Kottelat et al. 1998:569 [ref. 23920]). •Synonym of Hemibagrus elongatus (Günther 1864) -- (Mai 1978:250 [ref. 13511]). •Valid as Mystus chinensis (Steindachner 1883) -- (Burgess 1989:69 [ref. 12860], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:53 [ref. 26894]). •Synonym of Hemibagrus guttatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Ng & Kottelat 2013:216 [ref. 32495], Kottelat 2013:259 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:182 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Synonym of Hemibagrus guttatus (Lacepède 1803). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater.