Mystus vittatus

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 vittatus

Name

Mystus vittatus (Bloch, 1794)

• Holotype (unique): ZMB 2939.

Type locality: Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India.

Etymology: The specific name is derived from the Latin vitta (= stripe), an allusion for the pattern of the species.

Synonyms

• Silurus vittatus Bloch, 1794
  • Aoria vittatus (Bloch, 1794)
  • Bagrus vittatus (Bloch, 1794)
  • Macrones vittatus (Bloch, 1794)
  • Mystus vittatus vittatus (Bloch, 1794)

References

• Bloch, M. E.; 1794: Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. v. 8: i-iv + 1-174, Pls. 361-396.

• Darshan, A., Mahanta, P. C., Barat, A. & Kumar, P.; Redescription of the Striped Catfish Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822) (Siluriformes: Bagridae), India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5 (1): 3536–3541. PDF
• Mystus vittatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

தமிழ்: சோனாங் கெளுத்தி ; நாட்டுக் கெளுத்தி