aleppensis, Macrones Günther [A.] 1864:75 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Coic River [now the dried out river named Queiq], Aleppo, Syria. Günther specimens: BMNH 1955.6.25.1 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:97 [ref. 29155]. Proposed on p. 75 but withdrawn on p. 431 as same as previously named pelusius by Russell. An unjustified emendation of Bagrus halepensis Valenciennes 1840. •Synonym of Mystus pelusius (Solander 1794) -- (Coad 1991:19 [ref. 15702], Roberts 1994:243 [ref. 21568], Coad 1995:24 [ref. 23608], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:94 [ref. 26894], Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Ferraris 2007:97 [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], Çiçek et al. 2023:418 [ref. 40625], Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu 2023:445 [ref. 40276], Çiçek et al. 2024:273 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus pelusius (Solander 1794). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater.