Mystus menoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Bagridae
Genus: Mystus
Species: Mystus menoni

Name

Mystus menoni Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013

• Holotype: ZSI/FF 4628.
• Paratypes: UFRJ 5644 (1), 5677 (1), 5397 (23), 5398 (28), 5405 (6), 5624 (31), 8432 (5), 5687 (10).

• Type locality: Manimala River at Elankadu [1], Kerala, India.

• Etymology: The species is named after Dr. A. G. K. Menon, the eminent scientist of Zoological Survey of India, who contributed much to the taxonomy of fresh water fishes of India.

References

• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N. P.; 2013: Mystus menoni, a new fish species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology, 1 (4): 315–325