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.