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.