Mystus

Mystus
Mystus nigriceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Mystus
Scopoli, 1777
Species[7]

M. alasensis[1]
M. albolineatus
M. ankutta
M. armatus
M. armiger
M. atrifasciatus
M. bimaculatus
M. bleekeri
M. bocourti
M. castaneus
M. cavasius[2]
M. dalungshanensis †
M. falcarius[2]
M. gulio (Thai: ปลามังกง)
M. horai
M. impluviatus[3]
M. leucophasis
M. malabaricus
M. micracanthus[4]
M. montanus
M. multiradiatus
M. mysticetus
M. nigriceps[5]
M. oculatus
M. pelusius
M. pulcher
M. punctifer[6]
M. rhegma
M. rufescens
M. seengtee[2]
M. singaringan
M. spinipectoralis †
M. tengara
M. vittatus
M. wolffii
Synonyms
  • Aspidobagrus
    Bleeker, 1862
  • Hypselobagrus
    Bleeker, 1862
  • Heterobagrus
    Bleeker, 1864
  • Prajadhipokia
    Fowler, 1934

Mystus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Bagridae.

Mystus is poorly diagnosed. Macrones had previously been used by earlier authors, but this generic name was preoccupied in Coleoptera.[5] Phylogenetic relationships within this genus are poorly understood, though it has been suggested that there are two major lineages.[2] It was confirmed in 2005 that this genus is paraphyletic.[2]

Mystus species originate from South and Southeast Asia.[3]

Mystus is a diverse group of small- to medium-sized catfishes.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ng, Heok Hee; Hadiaty, Renny K. (March 2005). "Two new bagrid catfishes (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the Alas River drainage, northern Sumatra". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 16 (1): 83–92. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f Chakrabarty, Prosanta; Ng, Heok Hee (2005). "The identity of catfishes identified as Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Bagridae), with a description of a new species from Myanmar" (PDF). Zootaxa 1093: 1–24. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/zt01093p024.pdf. 
  3. ^ a b Ng, Heok Hee; Buth, D. G. (2003). Buth, D. G.. ed. "Mystus impluviatus: A New Species of Bagrid Catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from Eastern Borneo". Copeia 2003 (2): 373–378. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0373:MIANSO]2.0.CO;2. 
  4. ^ "Mystus Micracanthus at Fishbase". http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=11990. Retrieved 2008-12-07. 
  5. ^ a b Ng, Heok Hee (2002). "The identity of Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840), with the Description of a New Bagrid Catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50 (1): 161–168. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/50/50rbz161-168.pdf. 
  6. ^ Ng, Heok Hee; Wirjoatmodjo, Soetikno; Hadiaty, Renny K. (2001). "Mystus punctifer, a New Species of Bagrid Catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Northern Sumatra" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49 (2): 355–358. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/49/49rbz355-358.pdf. 
  7. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf.