Ariidae, Bleeker, 1862

Published, First, 2007, Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types, Zootaxa 1418, pp. 1-628 : 56-57

Unconfirmed fossil Ariidae

† Arius bartonensis Woodward, 1887: 306 , fig. 3. Type locality: High Cliff, Barton Hampshire, England. Upper Eocene. Holotype: BMNH 40280 (dorsal fin spine). Originally: Arius (?) bartonensis .

† Arius egertoni belgicus Leriche, 1905 . (no additional information; name from Weiler, 1956: 187).

† Arius Bonneti Priem 1904: 44 (figs. 3–8). Type locality: Bartonien superieur de Marines. Types: dans la collection Bonnet (dorsal and pectoral fin spines); also illustrated in Priem (1908: 123, figs. 63, 64, pl. 3, figs. 5–6).

† Arius Dutemplei Leriche, 1900: 181 , pl. 1, figs 13–15. Type locality: Cuis, Chavot [Marne, Lower Eocene]. Types: at laboratoire de Géologie de l’Université de Lille (dorsal fin spine, pectoral fin spine) .

Distribution: several Paris Basin localities, lowermost Eocene (Gaudant, 1981) (from Gayet & Meunier, 2003).

† Silurus Egertoni Dixon , in Dixon & Egerton, 1850: 112, 204, pl. 11, figs. 11–13. Bracklesham Bay, Sussex, Middle Eocene. Holotype: BMNH 25612 (pectoral arch and spine).

Remarks: Redescribed as † Arius egertoni in Woodward (1887: 304, figs. 1–2).

† Arius Fraasi Peyer, 1928: 17 , pl. 6, fig. 2. Type locality: Unterste Nokkattam-Stufe, Eocän , Cairo. Holotype: at Naturalienkabinett Stuttgart.

† Arius gigas [no additional information; from Gayet & Meunier (2003)].

Distribution: Chad, Mio-Pliocene (Brunet et al., 2000).

Remarks: Gayet & Meunier (2003) placed this species in the Ariidae , but without any additional information. It is unclear whether the use of this name in Brunet et al. (2000) and Gayet & Meunier (2003) was intended to identify fossils with the Recent species Arius gigas Boulenger or this name was proposed independently of, and therefore a homonym of, that name.

† Arius heward-belli White, 1926: 56 , pl. 13, figs. 4–12. Type locality: Ameki , Nigeria, Eocene. Holotype: National Collection [ Nigeria] or BMNH (pectoral spine tip).

† Arius kitsoni White, 1926: 54 , pl. 13, figs. 1–2. Type locality: Ameki , Nigeria, Eocene. Holotype: National Collection [ Nigeria] or BMNH (proximal half of right pectoral fin spine).

† Arius kutchensis Raghavendra Rao, 1956: 181 , figs. 1–2, pl. 28. Type locality: Gypseous shale beds about two miles west of Nareda , Western Kutch, India; Lower Eocene. Holotype: (skull) Geological Survey of India, Calcutta 17539. Remarks: See Sahni & Mishra (1975: 11, pl. 2, figs. 2–4) for emended diagnosis.

† Arius nucleus Weinfurter, 1952 . Type locality: [ Austria, Miocene ]. [No other information]

† Arius russi White, 1926: 58 , pl. 13, fig. 3. Type locality: Oshosun , Nigeria, Eocene. Holotype: National Collection [ Nigeria] or BMNH (proximal end of pectoral fin spine).

† Tachysurus landanensis [No other information, taken from Gayet & Meunier (2003)].

Distribution: Zaire, Eocene (Gayet & Meunier, 2003).

Remarks: Placement in Ariidae supported by Gayet & Meunier (2003).