Typová lokalita
Western Province, Matugama District, tributary to Bentota Ganga [Bentara River], about 8 km north of Matugama on road to Kalutara, Sri Lanka.
Původní popis
Ng, H. H. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2013. Mystus zeylanicus, a new species of bagrid catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Bagridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 24 (no. 2): 161-170.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.