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Genera in the family or subfamily Plotosidae: [ 23 ] records

Anodontiglanis Rendahl [H.] 1922:168 Masc. Anodontiglanis dahli Rendahl 1922. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Anodontoglanis in Zoological Record for 1922 and by Jordan 1923:index [p. 749 of reprint edition]. •Valid as Anodontiglanis Rendahl 1922 -- (Burgess 1989:180 [ref. 12860] as Anodontoglanis, Paxton et al. 1989:222 [ref. 12442], Allen & Feinberg 1998:11 [ref. 23371], Hoese & Gates 2006:358 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:345 [ref. 29155], Morgan 2011:11 [ref. 31262]). Current status: Valid as Anodontiglanis Rendahl 1922. Plotosidae.

Anyperistius Ogilby [J. D.] 1908:3, 11 Masc. Anyperistius perugiae Ogilby 1908. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Spelled two ways by Ogilby 1908, Anyperistius on p. 3, once on p. 11, p. 12 (footnote), and p. 39 (index); Anyperisteus with main genus heading on p. 11; the latter regarded as in error. •Synonym of Neosilurus Steindachner 1867 -- (Ferraris 2007:347 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Tandanus Mitchell 1838. Plotosidae.

Cainosilurus Macleay [W.] 1881:211 Masc. Neosilurus australis Castelnau 1878. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Neosilurus Castelnau 1878, preoccupied by Neosilurus Steindachner 1867 in fishes (actually congeneric). •Synonym of Neosilurus Steindachner 1867 based on placement of type species -- (Paxton et al. 1989:224 [ref. 12442], Ferraris 2007:347 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Neosilurus Steindachner 1867. Plotosidae.

Choeroplotosus Kner [R.] 1866:545 [3] Masc. Choeroplotosus decemfilis Kner 1867. Type by subsequent monotypy. On p. 3 of separate. Also described as new in Kner 1867:300 [ref. 2638]. In 1866:545 Kner listed one species as, "Choeroplotosus limbatus (Plotos. limbatus ? C. V.)", but in 1867 (p. 300) he described the species as Choeroplotosus decemfilis n. sp., with "Syn.? an Plotosus limbatus C. V." Apparently the genus can date to 1866:545 with no definitely-included named species, with species added in 1867; type C. decemfilis by subsequent monotypy. •Synonym of Cnidoglanis Günther 1864 -- (Ferraris 2007:346 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Cnidoglanis Günther 1864. Plotosidae.

Cnidoglanis Günther [A.] 1864:27 Masc. Plotosus megastomus Richardson 1845. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:332 [ref. 4904]. •Valid as Cnidoglanis Günther 1864 -- (Burgess 1989:180 [ref. 12860], Paxton et al. 1989:222 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:228 [ref. 22532], Murdy & Ferraris 2006:77 [ref. 28937], Hoese & Gates 2006:358 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:345 [ref. 29155], Gomon 2008:197 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Cnidoglanis Günther 1864. Plotosidae.

Copidoglanis Günther [A.] 1864:25 Masc. Plotosus tandanus Mitchell 1838. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:332 [ref. 4904] with name misprinted Copiodoglanis. •Objective synonym of Tandanus Mitchell 1838 -- (Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Tandanus Mitchell 1838. Plotosidae.

Deportator Gistel [J.] 1848:X Masc. Platystacus anguillaris Bloch 1794. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Plotosus Lacepède 1803, not preoccupied by Plotus Linnaeus 1766 in Aves. •Objective synonym of Plotosus Lacepède 1803 -- (Taylor & Gomon 1986:160 [ref. 6196], Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:240 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2025:190 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Synonym of Plotosus Lacepède 1803. Plotosidae.

Endorrhis Ogilby [J. D.] 1898:283 Fem. Copidoglanis longifilis Macleay 1881. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Paraplotosus Bleeker 1863 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:225 [ref. 12442] based on placement of type species, Allen 1998:124 [ref. 23553], Ferraris 2007:349 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:240 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Paraplotosus Bleeker 1863. Plotosidae.

Eumeda Castelnau [F. L.] 1878:143 Fem. Eumeda elongata Castelnau 1878. Type by monotypy. Fowler (MS) indicates the Eumeda elongata Castelnau is the same as Plotosus elongatus Castelnau, which makes Eumeda the senior objective synonym of Euristhmus Ogilby 1899. •Synonym of Neosilurus Steindachner 1867. Current status: Synonym of Neosilurus Steindachner 1867. Plotosidae.

Euristhmus Ogilby [J. D.] 1899:154 Masc. Plotosus elongatus Castelnau 1878. Type by original designation. •Objective synonym of Eumeda Castelnau 1878 according to Fowler (MS) [not researched], but now treated as valid as Euristhmus Ogilby 1899 -- (Burgess 1989:180 [ref. 12860], Paxton et al. 1989:223 [ref. 12442], Ferraris 1999:1881 [ref. 24731], Murdy & Ferraris 2006:78 [ref. 28937], Hoese & Gates 2006:359 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:346 [ref. 29155], Prokofiev 2008:671 [ref. 29826]). Current status: Valid as Euristhmus Ogilby 1899. Plotosidae.

Exilichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1933:65 Masc. Cnidoglanis nudiceps Günther 1880. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Euristhmus Ogilby 1899 -- (Murdy & Ferraris 2006:77 [ref. 28937], Ferraris 2007:346 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Euristhmus Ogilby 1899. Plotosidae.

Lambertia Perugia [A.] 1894:550 Fem. Lambertia atra Perugia 1894. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Lambertia Robineau-Desvoidy 1863 in Diptera and by Lambertia Souverbie 1869 in Mollusca; replaced by Lambertichthys Whitley 1938. •Synonym of Neosilurus Steindachner 1867 -- (Ferraris 2007:347 [ref. 29155]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Neosilurus Steindachner 1867. Plotosidae.

Lambertichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1938:223 Masc. Lambertia atra Perugia 1894. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Lambertia Perugia 1894, preoccupied by Lambertia Robineau-Desvoidy 1863 in Diptera and by Souverbie 1869 in Mollusca. •Synonym of Neosilurus Steindachner 1867 -- (Ferraris 2007:347 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Neosilurus Steindachner 1867. Plotosidae.

Neoplotosus Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:45 Masc. Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau 1875. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Cnidoglanis Günther 1864 -- (Ferraris 2007:346 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Cnidoglanis Günther 1864. Plotosidae.

Neosiluroides Allen [G. R.] & Feinberg [M. N.] 1998:11 Masc. Neosiluroides cooperensis Allen & Feinberg 1998. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Neosiluroides Allen & Feinberg 1998 -- (Hoese & Gates 2006:360 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:347 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Neosiluroides Allen & Feinberg 1998. Plotosidae.

Neosilurus Castelnau [F. L.] 1878:238 Masc. Neosilurus australis Castelnau 1878. Type by monotypy. Apparently independently proposed; preoccupied by Neosilurus Steindachner 1867 in same family; replaced by Cainosilurus Macleay 1881. •Synonym of Neosilurus Steindachner 1867 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:224 [ref. 12442] based on placement of type species, Ferraris 2007:347 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Neosilurus Steindachner 1867. Plotosidae.

Neosilurus Steindachner [F.] 1867:7 Masc. Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner 1867. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Steindachner 1867:11 [ref. 4214]. •Valid as Neosilurus Steindachner 1867 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:224 [ref. 12442], Allen 1991:61 [ref. 21090], Allen & Feinberg 1998:11 [ref. 23371], Hoese & Gates 2006:360 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:347 [ref. 29155], Morgan 2011:11 [ref. 31262], Hammer et al. 2026:505 [ref. 42761]). Current status: Valid as Neosilurus Steindachner 1867. Plotosidae.

Oloplotosus Weber [M.] 1913:521 Masc. Oloplotosus mariae Weber 1913. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Oloplotosus Weber 1913 -- (Allen 1985 [ref. 6244], Burgess 1989:180 [ref. 12860], Allen 1991:65 [ref. 21090], Allen & Feinberg 1998:11 [ref. 23371], Ferraris 2007:349 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Oloplotosus Weber 1913. Plotosidae.

Ostophycephalus Ogilby [J. D.] 1899:155 Masc. Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby 1899. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Cnidoglanis Günther 1864 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:223 [ref. 12442], Ferraris 2007:346 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Cnidoglanis Günther 1864. Plotosidae.

Paraplotosus Bleeker [P.] 1863:100 Masc. Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes 1840. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Paraplotosus Bleeker 1863 -- (Burgess 1989:180 [ref. 12860], Paxton et al. 1989:225 [ref. 12442], Allen 1998:124 [ref. 23553], Ferraris 1999:1881 [ref. 24731], Murdy & Ferraris 2006:77 [ref. 28937], Hoese & Gates 2006:362 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:349 [ref. 29155], Prokofiev 2008:671 [ref. 29826], Kottelat 2013:240 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Paraplotosus Bleeker 1863. Plotosidae.

Plotosus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:129 Masc. Platystacus anguillaris Bloch 1794. Type by monotypy. Variously spelled Plotosis, Plotoseus, and Plotosius in early literature. See van Oijen et al. 2009:272 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Plotosus Lacepède 1803 -- (Jayaram 1981:284 [ref. 6497], Gomon & Taylor 1982 [ref. 8475], Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:60 [ref. 6441], Gomon 1986:213 [ref. 6286], Taylor & Gomon 1986:160 [ref. 6196], Burgess 1989:180 [ref. 12860], Kottelat 1989:15 [ref. 13605], Paxton et al. 1989:225 [ref. 12442], Ataur Rahman 1989:173 [ref. 24860], Wu & Zhong in Pan et al. 1991:293 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:66 [ref. 21090], Allen & Feinberg 1998:11 [ref. 23371], Dai in Chu et al. 1999:189 [ref. 24534], Ferraris 1999:1881 [ref. 24731], Ng & Sparks 2002:564 [ref. 26377], Ataur Rahman 2003:192 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:320 [ref. 28762], Murdy & Ferraris 2006:77 [ref. 28937], Hoese & Gates 2006:363 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155], Yoshino & Kishimoto 2008:1 [ref. 29565], Prokofiev 2008:671 [ref. 29826], Fricke et al. 2009:23 [ref. 30213], Yoshino & Kimura 2009:32 [ref. 30443], Kottelat 2013:240 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:48 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:59 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:37 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:57 [ref. 36673], Endruweit 2025:190 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Valid as Plotosus Lacepède 1803. Plotosidae.

Porochilus Weber [M.] 1913:523 Masc. Porochilus obbesi Weber 1913. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Porochilus Weber 1913 -- (Burgess 1989:180 [ref. 12860], Paxton et al. 1989:226 [ref. 12442], Allen 1991:67 [ref. 21090], Allen & Feinberg 1998:11 [ref. 23371], Hoese & Gates 2006:364 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155], Morgan 2011:12 [ref. 31262]). Current status: Valid as Porochilus Weber 1913. Plotosidae.

Tandanus (subgenus of Plotosus) Mitchell [T. L.] 1838:95 Masc. Plotosus tandanus Mitchell 1838. Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy). •Valid as Tandanus Mitchill 1838 -- (Allen 1985 [ref. 6244], Burgess 1989:180 [ref. 12860], Paxton et al. 1989:226 [ref. 12442], Allen & Feinberg 1998:11 [ref. 23371], Hoese & Gates 2006:365 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155], Welsh et al. 2014:136 [ref. 33336], Welsh et al. 2017:229 [ref. 35347], Kuiter 2018:14 [ref. 36369]). Current status: Valid as Tandanus Mitchell 1838. Plotosidae.