Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Author Alexandre P. Marceniuk Author Naércio A. Menezes text Zootaxa 2007 1416 1 126 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFC65592-D8DB-41BE-AEAC-A41EAB6C6185 journal article z01416p001 FFC65592-D8DB-41BE-AEAC-A41EAB6C6185 Amphiarius rugispinis (Valenciennes, 1840) (fig. 8) Arius rugispinis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 77. Type locality: Cayenne, French Guiana . Syntypes : MNHN A-9403. Tachysurus atroplumbeus Fowler, 1931: 394, fig. 2. Type locality: Vessigny Beach, Brighton, Trinidad Island , West Indies. Holotype : ANSP 53316. Distribution: North and Eastern South America. Countries: Trinidad Island, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and Brazil. Habitat: Marine and brackish waters. Maximum size: 450 mm TL. Material examined: FMNH 52852 (4 al, 292-410 mm TL), Guyana , Georgetown market ; MZUSP 87695 (1 c&s), Brazil , Maranhao , ilha de Sao Luis , estreito de Coqueiro ; MZUSP 25170 (1 al), Brazil , Para , Vigia .