Typová lokalita
Netravathi River near Uppinangady Town, Karnataka, India, 12°50.57'N, 75°18.29'E, elevation 28 meters.
Původní popis
Vijayakrishnan, B. & Praveenraj, J. 2022. Mystus irulu, a new species of bagrid catfish from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India (Teleostei: Bagridae). Zootaxa 5120 (no. 3): 443-448.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.