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

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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.