103 Taxonomic status of mysid shrimps (Crustacea) from Peninsular Malaysia waters H. S. TAN 1 , B. A. R. AZMAN 2* and B. H. R. OTHMAN 2 Abstract: The mysid shrimps of the Peninsular Malaysia waters are catalogued. A total of ten studies pertaining to mysid shrimps of Peninsular Malaysia were carried out up to year 2014. The irst study was dedicated to the mysids from the Peninsular Malaysia waters was based on the collections made from the northern region of the Malacca Straits by O. S. Tattersall and the most recent study was conducted by Ramarn et al. at Larut River, Matang where six species were recorded. Based on the literatures, a total of six subfamilies (Erythropinae, Gastrosaccinae, Leptomysinae, Mysinae, Rhopalopthalminae, Siriellinae) and 20 genera and 41 species are successfully recorded. The most commonly found species are Erythrops minuta and Mesopodopsis orientalis while Acanthomysis longispina, Acanthomysis quadrispinosa, Lycomysis spinicauda, Pseudanchialina inermis and Prionomysis aspera can only be found in the seagrass area of the east coast of peninsula. Keywords: Taxonomic status, mysid, crustacea, Peninsular Malaysia 1 School of Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. 2 Marine Ecosystem Research Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. * Corresponding author email: abarahim@gmail.com Malayan Nature Journal 2014, 66(3&4), 103-116