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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae Bagrid catfishes

Genus: Mystus

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Mystus abbreviatus Asia 1840
Mystus alasensis Asia 10.8 SL 2005
Mystus albolineatus Asia 35 SL 1994
Mystus ankutta Sri Lanka dwarf catfish Asia 7.9 SL 2008
Mystus armatus Kerala mystus Asia 14.5 SL 1865
Mystus armiger Asia 15.6 SL 2004
Mystus atrifasciatus Asia 15 SL 1937
Mystus bimaculatus Asia 6.7 SL 1904
Mystus bleekeri Day's mystus Asia 17.7 TL 1877
Mystus bocourti Asia 24 SL 1864
Mystus canarensis Asia 10.1 SL 1999
Mystus carcio Asia 5 SL 1822
Mystus castaneus Asia 14.4 SL 2002
Mystus catapogon Asia 7.3 SL 2016
Mystus cavasius Gangetic mystus Asia 40 SL 1822
Mystus chinensis Asia 1883
Mystus cineraceus Asia 2009
Mystus dibrugarensis Asia 1913
Mystus falcarius Asia 19.0 SL 2005
Mystus gulio Long whiskers catfish Asia 46 TL 1822
Mystus heoki Elongated Kerala Mystus Asia 13.7 SL 2013
Mystus horai Indus catfish Asia 16.5 SL 1954
Mystus impluviatus Asia 12.0 SL 2003
Mystus indicus Central Travancore catfish Asia 10.7 SL 2013
Mystus keletius Asia 18 TL 1840
Mystus keralai Long whiskered Kerala catfish Asia 5.9 SL 2014
Mystus leucophasis Asia 25 NG 1860
Mystus malabaricus Asia 15 TL 1849
Mystus menoni Idukki Mystus Asia 12.1 SL 2013
Mystus misrai Asia 13.8 SL 1986
Mystus montanus Asia 15 TL 1849
Mystus multiradiatus Asia 12.8 SL 1992
Mystus mysticetus Asia 13 SL 1992
Mystus nanus Asia 10.6 SL 2016
Mystus ngasep Asia 10.9 SL 2011
Mystus nigriceps Twospot catfish Asia 30 TL 1840
Mystus oculatus Asia 15 TL 1840
Mystus pelusius Tigris mystus Asia 17.8 SL 1794
Mystus pulcher Asia 8 NG 1911
Mystus punctifer Asia 2001
Mystus rhegma Asia 12 SL 1935
Mystus rufescens Asia 14.6 SL 1890
Mystus seengtee Asia 15.7 SL 1839
Mystus singaringan Asia 30 SL 1846
Mystus tengara Tengara catfish Asia 18 TL 1822
Mystus velifer Asia 14.5 SL 2012
Mystus vittatus Striped dwarf catfish Asia 21 SL 1794
Mystus wolffii Asia 20 TL 1851
Mystus zeylanicus Sri Lanka bagrid catfish Asia 10.7 SL 2013



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