Mystus

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