Mystus
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Mystus (from the Greek mustès “from the mysteries”, or mystax “beard”) are a species of spiny catfish from the order of the catfish (Siluriformes)livingin fresh waters in Asia . The distribution area of the species-rich genus extends from Asia Minor to Central Asia , the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia , including the Great Sunda Islands , via China to the Amur river basin .
features
Mystus species are 7 to 46 cm long and have an elongated, spindle-shaped, scaly body that is slightly flattened at the sides. The head is short, the eyes are relatively large and not covered by skin. The anterior maxillary barbels of the four pairs of barbels are strikingly long. The back line is more curved than the belly line. The dorsal fin, supported by a sawn spine, is short and begins at the highest point of the back line. The adipose fin behind it is relatively long, the anal fin moderately long. The pelvic fins are provided with a spike. The caudal fin is forked.
species
Fishbase lists over 40 species, a type species has not been specified.
- Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Mystus alasensis Ng & Hadiaty, 2005
- Mystus albolineatus Roberts, 1994
- Mystus ankutta Pethiyagoda, Silva & Maduwage, 2008
- Mystus armatus (Day, 1865)
- Mystus poor Ng, 2004
- Mystus atrifasciatus Fowler, 1937
- Mystus bimaculatus (Volz, 1904)
- Mystus bleekeri (Day, 1877)
- Mystus bocourti (Bleeker, 1864)
- Mystus canarensis Grant, 1999
- Mystus carcio (Hamilton, 1822)
- Mystus castaneus Ng, 2002
- Mystus catapogon Plamoottil, 2016
- 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 keralai Plamoottil & Abraham, 2014
- 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 prabini Darshan et al., 2019
- 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
literature
- Hans-Jochim Franke: Handbook of Welskunde. Urania-Verlag, 1985.
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
- Axel Zarske: Mystus. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. 2 volumes. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , Volume 2, pp. 669-672.
Web links
- Mystus on Fishbase.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Axel Zarske: Mystus. 2004, p. 669.