Mystus bleekeri

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 bleekeri

Name

Mystus bleekeri (Day, 1877)

• Lectotype: ZSI 1076.
• Paralectotypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7999 (1, type) Seharunpore; BMNH 1889.2.1.2335-36 (2); NMW 44168 (1); RMNH 3024 (1); ZSI 781 (1), 1076 (1).

Type locality: Jumna [Yamuna] River, Burma [Myanmar].

Etymology: The name bleekeri honours Peter Bleeker.

Synonyms

• Macrones bleekeri Day, 1877
  • Aoria bleekeri (Day, 1877)

References

• 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
• Day, F.; 1877: The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 3: 369–552, Pls. 79-138.

• Mystus bleekeri in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.