Mystus is a genus of fish in the family Bagridae native to Asia. Phylogenetic relationships within this genus are poorly understood, though it has been suggested that there are two major lineages.
Species
There are currently 52 recognized species in this genus:
- Mystus abbreviatus <small>(Valenciennes, 1840)</small>
- Mystus alasensis <small>H. H. Ng & Hadiaty, 2005</small>
- Mystus albolineatus <small>T. R. Roberts, 1994</small>
- Mystus ankutta <small>Pethiyagoda, N. K. A. Silva & Maduwage, 2008</small>
- Mystus armatus <small>(F. Day, 1865)</small>
- Mystus atrifasciatus <small>Fowler, 1937</small>
- Mystus bimaculatus <small>(Volz, 1904)</small>
- Mystus bleekeri <small>(F. Day, 1877)</small>
- Mystus bocourti <small>(Bleeker, 1864)</small>
- Mystus canarensis <small>S. Grant, 1999</small>
- Mystus carcio <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small>
- Mystus castaneus <small>H. H. Ng, 2002</small>
- Mystus catapogon <small>Plamoottil, 2016</small>
- Mystus cavasius <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small>
- Mystus celator <small>Ng & Kottelat, 2023</small>
- Mystus cineraceus <small>H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2009</small>
- Mystus cyrusi <small>Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh, Zarei, Eagderi & Mousavi-Sabet, 2022</small>
- Mystus dibrugarensis <small>(B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913)</small>
- Mystus falcarius <small>Chakrabarty & H. H. Ng, 2005</small>
- Mystus gulio <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small>
- Mystus heoki <small>Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013</small>
- Mystus horai <small>Jayaram, 1954</small>
- Mystus impluviatus <small>H. H. Ng, 2003</small>
- Mystus indicus <small>Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013</small>
- Mystus irulu <small>Vijayakrishnan and Praveenraj. 2022</small>
- Mystus karipat <small>Gray, 1831</small> (incertae sedis in Notopterinae)
- Mystus keletius <small>(Valenciennes, 1840)</small>
- Mystus keralai <small>Plamoottil, 2014 </small> (Kerala Mystus)
- Mystus leucophasis <small>(Blyth, 1860)</small>
- Mystus malabaricus <small>(Jerdon, 1849)</small>
- Mystus menoni <small>Plamoottil, 2013 </small> (Idukki Mystus)
- Mystus misrai <small>Anuradha, 1986</small>
- Mystus montanus <small>(Jerdon, 1849)</small>
- Mystus multiradiatus <small>T. R. Roberts, 1992</small>
- Mystus mysticetus <small>T. R. Roberts, 1992</small>
- Mystus nanus <small>Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2016</small>
- Mystus ngasep <small>Darshan, Vishwanath, Mahanta & Barat, 2011</small>
- Mystus nigriceps <small>(Valenciennes, 1840)</small>
- Mystus oculatus <small>(Valenciennes, 1840)</small>
- Mystus pelusius <small>(Solander, 1794)</small>
- Mystus prabini
- Mystus pulcher <small>(B. L. Chaudhuri, 1911)</small>
- Mystus punctifer <small>H. H. Ng, Wirjoatmodjo & Hadiaty, 2001</small>
- Mystus rhegma <small>Fowler, 1935</small>
- Mystus rubripinnis <small>Vanarajan & Arunachalam, 2018</small>
- Mystus rufescens <small>(Vinciguerra, 1890)</small>
- Mystus seengtee <small>(Sykes, 1839)</small>
- Mystus singaringan <small>(Bleeker, 1846)</small>
- Mystus tengara <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small>
- Mystus velifer <small>H. H. Ng, 2012</small>
- Mystus vittatus <small>(Bloch, 1794)</small>
- Mystus wolffii <small>(Bleeker, 1851)</small>
- Mystus zeylanicus <small>H. H. Ng & Pethiyagoda, 2013</small>
Synonyms
- Mystus armiger <small>Ng, 2004</small>; valid as M. wolffii
- Mystus chinensis <small>(Steindachner, 1883)</small>; valid as Hemibagrus guttatus <small>(Lacepède, 1803)</small>
- Mystus pahangensis <small>Herre, 1940</small>; valid as Hemibagrus capitulum <small>(Popta, 1906)</small>
- Mystus ascita <small>Walbaum, 1792</small>; valid as Pimelodus maculatus <small>Lacepède, 1803</small>
- Mystus ascita <small>Gronow in Gray, 1854</small>; valid as Platydoras costatus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
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