Mystus

Mystus nigriceps

Mystus are living in a freshwater Asian catfish genus of the sting from the order of catfish -like ( Siluriformes ). The distribution area of ​​the species-rich genus ranges from small Asia via Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, including the Great Sunda Islands, to China and in the basin of the Amur.

Features

Mystus species are 7-46 cm long and have an elongated, spindle-shaped, scaleless body sides slightly flattened. The head is short, the eyes are covered relatively large and not by skin. Of the four Bartel couples the front upper jaw barbels are remarkably long. The back line is more curved than the belly line. The sting of a sawed -based dorsal fin is short and starts at the highest point of the back. The underlying adipose fin is relatively long, the anal fin of moderate length. The pelvic fins are provided with a sting. The caudal fin is forked.

Species

Fishbase lists over 40 species, a type species has not been set.

  • Mystus abbreviatus ( Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Mystus alasensis Ng & Hadiaty, 2005
  • Mystus albolineatus Roberts, 1994
  • Mystus ankutta Pethiyagoda, Silva & Maduwage, 2008
  • Mystus armatus ( Day, 1865)
  • Mystus armed Ng, 2004
  • Mystus atrifasciatus Fowler, 1937
  • Mystus bleekeri ( Day, 1877)
  • Mystus bocourti ( Bleeker, 1864)
  • Mystus canarensis Grant, 1999
  • Mystus carcio (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Mystus castaneus Ng, 2002
  • Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Mystus chinensis ( Steindachner, 1883)
  • Mystus cineraceus Ng & Kottelat, 2009
  • Mystus falcarius Chakrabarty & Ng, 2005
  • Mystus Gulio (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Mystus heoki Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013
  • Mystus horai Jayaram, 1954
  • Mystus impluviatus Ng, 2003
  • Mystus indicus Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013
  • Mystus keletius ( Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Mystus leucophasis ( Blyth, 1860)
  • Mystus malabaricus ( Jerdon, 1849)
  • Mystus Menoni Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013
  • Mystus montanus ( Jerdon, 1849)
  • Mystus multiradiatus Roberts, 1992
  • Mystus mysticetus Roberts, 1992
  • Mystus ngasep Darshan, Vishwanath, Mahanta & Barat, 2011
  • Mystus nigriceps ( Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Mystus oculatus ( Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Mystus pelusius ( Solander, 1794)
  • Mystus pulcher ( Chaudhuri, 1911)
  • Mystus punctifer Ng, Wirjoatmodjo & Hadiaty, 2001
  • Mystus rhegma Fowler, 1935
  • Mystus rufescens ( Vinciguerra, 1890)
  • Mystus seengtee ( Sykes, 1839)
  • Mystus singaringan ( Bleeker, 1846)
  • Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Mystus velifer Ng, 2012
  • Mystus vittatus ( Bloch, 1794)
  • Mystus wolffii ( Bleeker, 1851)
  • Mystus zeylanicus Ng & Pethiyagoda, 2013
Taxonomic rank#All ranks Ostariophysi Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Amur River Barbel (anatomy)
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