Plicofollis argyropleuron

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 : 92

Plicofollis argyropleuron (Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1840)

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Arius argyropleuron Valenciennes (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 104. Type locality: Java, Indonesia. Holotype: RMNH 3041 .

Arius macrocephalus Bleeker, 1846: 167. Type locality: Jakarta , Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.12.4.48 ; RMNH 6896 .

Arius acutus Bleeker, 1846: 167. Type locality: Jakarta , Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.12.4.67 ; RMNH 15975 ; SMNS 10566 .

Arius hamiltonis Bleeker, 1846: 291. Type locality: unknown. Syntypes: RMNH 6895.

Arius schlegeli Bleeker, 1863: 146 (in part). Type locality: Amoy , China. Syntypes: AMS B.8123 .

Tachysurus broadbenti Ogilby, 1908: 8. Type locality: Cape York , Queensland, Australia. Syntypes: QM I.9745-46 .

Hemipimelodus colcloughi Ogilby, 1910: 7. Type locality: Croker Island , Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype: QM I.1538 .

Arius satparanus Chaudhuri, 1916: 430, figs. 6-8. Type locality: Channel between Satpara and Barnikuda, Chilka Lake , Orissa, India. Holotype: ZSI F8784/1 .

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

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

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 500 mm TL.

Material examined: USNM 297120 (2 al, 160-235 mm TL), India, Madras state; gulf of Mannar, ca. 12 mi, sse of Tuticorin .