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.