Netuma bilineatus

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 : 79

Netuma bilineatus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Bagrus bilineatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840a: 434. Type locality: Pondicherry, India; Rangoon, Myanmar. Syntypes: MNHN A-9344, Pondicherry.

Bagrus rhodonotus Bleeker, 1846: 157. Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 15865, SMNS 105

Arius andamanensis Day, 1871: 699 [23], in part. Type locality: Andaman Island. Syntypes: AMS B.7931, ZSI F1307.

Arius serratus Day, 1877: 462, pl. 105 (fig. 3) (in part). Type locality: Sind, Pakistan. Holotype: ZSI 467. Day specimens: AMS B.7971

Netuma osakae Jordan & Kanasawa in Jordan & Hubbs, 1925: 157, pl. 9 (fig.1). Type locality: Fish market, Osaka, Japan. Holotype: FMNH 59388.

Arius dayi Dmitrenko, 1974: 39, figs. 1-2. Type locality: Masir Strait, gulf of Oman, 19°47.8’N, 58°28.3’E. Holotype: Zool. Mus. Ukranian Acad. Kiev Pi 2/1-2. Paratypes: Coll. Fish. Inst. Kerch (several), Zool. Mus. Odessa Univ.

Distribution: South and southeast Asia, southern New Guinea and northern Australia.

Countries: India, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Habitat: marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 750 mm TL.

Material examined: ANSP 79487 (2 al, 114-124 mm SL), Philippines, Orion, Bataan province, Luzon; UMMZ 155785 (5 al, 98-245 mm TL) (1 c&s), Indonesia, Java; vicinity of Batavia, Pasan Ikan at Batavia, fish market; MZUSP 38656 (2 al, 145-157 mm SL) (1 c&s), Australia, Arafura Sea.