The cat ® shes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) of central Sumatra Author Ng, H. H. Tan H. H. text Journal of Natural History 2000 34 267 303 journal article 1464-5262 Mystus singaringan (Bleeker, 1846) Bagrus singaringan Bleeker, 1846a: 150 ( type locality: Batavia [= Jakarta ], Java ). Macrones nigriceps (non Valenciennes, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840): Volz, 1904: 467 ; 1907: 165 ; Weber and de Beaufort, 1913: 337 , ®gure 145. Mystus nigriceps : Kottelat et al. , 1993: 66 , pl. 31. Mystus singaringan : Roberts, 1994: 252 , ®gure 6. Material examined. BATANG HARI DRAINAGE : ZRC 38617 (4), 79.2±92.8 mm SL. ZRC 38662 (1), 104.8 mm SL. ZRC 39148 (1), 86.3 mm SL. ZRC 39183 (2), 33.2, 33.5 mm SL. ZRC 41719 (2), 113.1, 138.3 mm SL. ZRC 42262 (2), 109.1, 126.4 mm SL. ZRC 42363 (1), 107.5 mm SL. ZRC 42381 (1), 68.8 mm SL. ZRC 42433 (4), 73.3±131.0 mm SL. Remarks. Most authors since GuÈ nther (1864) have referred to Mystus singaringan as M. nigriceps , but the original description of M. nigriceps is based on Kuhl and van Hasselt material of the species usually identi®ed as M. micracanthus (see Roberts, 1994 ).