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.