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)

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