Osteogeneiosus militaris

Alexandre P. Marceniuk & Naércio A. Menezes, 2007, Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera., Zootaxa 1416, pp. 1-126 : 87-88

Osteogeneiosus militaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Silurus militaris Linnaeus, 1758: 305. Type locality: Asia. No types known.

Osteogeneiosus macrocephalus Bleeker, 1846: 173. Type locality: Jakarta , Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.12.4.51 , NMV 45847 .

Osteogeneiosus ingluvies Bleeker, 1846: 174. Type locality: Jakarta , Java, Indonesia.

Osteogeneiosus longiceps Bleeker, 1846: 174. Type locality: Jakarta , Java, Indonesia.

Osteogeneiosus gracilis Bleeker, 1846: 175. Type locality: Jakarta , Java, Indonesia. No types known.

Osteogeneiosus blochii Bleeker, 1846: 175. Type locality: Jakarta , Java, Indonesia. No types known.

Osteogeneiosus valenciennesi Bleeker, 1846: 175. Type locality: Jakarta , Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.12.4.53 , NMV 46593-94 .

Osteogeneiosus cantoris Bleeker, 1854: 120, pl. 2 (fig. 4). Type locality: Hooghly River, Calcutta , India. Syntypes: RMNH 607 .

Osteogeneiosus sthenocephalus Day, 1877: 469, pl. 108 (fig. 3). Type locality: Moulmein , Myanmar. Holotype: ZSI 1263 .

Distribution: South and southeast Asia.

Countries: Pakistan, India Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 310 mm TL.

Material examined: LACM 38116-36 (4 al), Pakistan, fish market in Karschi ; UMMZ 214628 (10 al, 71- 186 mm TL) (1 c&s), Vietnam, Ba Xuyen prov, mouth of Bassac River, 2.5 km SE of Truong Binh, Mekong River drainage ; USNM 207092 (7 al, 78-125 mm TL), India .