Mystus heoki

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 heoki

Name

Mystus heoki Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013

• Holotype: ZSI/FF 4626.
• Paratypes: ZSI/WGRC 2419 (5).

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

Etymology: The species is named after the eminent scientist Heok Hee Ng, Singapore, who contributed much to the taxonomy of catfishes.

References

• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Mystus indicus and M. heoki, two new catfishes from Kerala, India. Biosystematica 7(1): 43–58. Reference page.