Species that contain: Mystus and malabaricus [ 4 ] records

canarensis, Mystus Grant [S.] 1999:170 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 24293] Day specimens: AMS B.7624 (1, non-type) Canara, NMW 45228 (1, non-type). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. Replacement name for Hara malabarica Day 1865, secondarily preoccupied in Mystus by Bagrus malabaricus Jerdon 1849. Neotype (AMS B.7624) designated by Grant 1999:170 [ref. 24293] but rejected by Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Mysteus malabaricus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Mystus canarensis Grant 1999 -- (Grant 2006 [ref. 28890], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:318 [ref. 32984], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:43 [ref. 32983], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:239 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:239 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Plamoottil 2020:123 [ref. 38337]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Mystus canarensis Grant 1999. Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.

malabarica, Hara Day [F.] 1865:184, Pl. 13 (fig. 3) [The fishes of Malabar; ref. 1074] Mountain streams of Malabar, India. Day specimens: AMS B.7624 (1, non-type) Canara, NMW 45228 (1, non-type). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:158 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:299 [ref. 25110], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. Original locality was mountain streams of Malabar, India. Neotype (AMS B.7624) designated by Grant 1999:170 [ref. 24293] rejected by Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. Secondarily preoccupied in Mystus by Bagrus malabaricus Jerdon 1849, replaced by Mystus cararensis Grant 1999. •Synonym of Mystus malabaricus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Jayaram 2006:48 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Mystus canarensis Grant 1999. Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

malabaricus, Bagrus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:338 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Mountain streams of Malabar, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus malabaricus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:564 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:130 [ref. 19952], Rema Devi et al. 1996:137 [ref. 24021], Grant 1999:172 [ref. 24293], Menon 1999:203 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Yadav 2000:41 [ref. 25661], Rema-Devi 2001:297 [ref. 25883], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:70 [ref. 26894], Yadav 2003:18 [ref. 27711], Jayaram 2006:47 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:96 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kottelat 2009:248 [ref. 30202], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:318 [ref. 32984], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:43 [ref. 32983], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:238 [ref. 33431], Plamoottil 2016:1975 [ref. 34462], Plamoottil 2020:121 [ref. 38337], Vijayakrishnan & Praveenraj 2022:448 [ref. 39141]). Current status: Valid as Mystus malabaricus (Jerdon 1849). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

maydelli, Mystus (Mystus) Rössel [F.] 1964:149, Fig. 1 [Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut v. 61; ref. 3400] Bhima River at Wadgaon, Maharashtra, India. Holotype (unique): ZMH H 2180. Type catalog: Wilkens 1977:159 [ref. 22013], Ferraris 2007:89 [ref. 29155] •Synonym of Mystus malabaricus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:564 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:203 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Mystus maydelli Rossel 1964 -- (Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:73 [ref. 26894], Jayaram 2006:59 [ref. 28762]). •Valid as Hemibagrus maydelli (Rössel 1964) -- (Grant 1999:173 [ref. 24293], Ng & Ferraris 2000:128 [ref. 25041], Ferraris 2007:89 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kottelat 2013:271 [ref. 32495]). Current status: Valid as Hemibagrus maydelli (Rössel 1964). Bagridae. Distribution: Middle reaches of Krishna River, southern India. Habitat: freshwater.