Osteogeneiosus Bleeker [P.] 1846:173 Masc. Arius militaris Valenciennes 1840 (= Silurus militaris Linnaeus 1758). Type by subsequent designation. Also in Bleeker 1847:49 [ref. 313]. Type designated by Bleeker 1862:8 [ref. 393] and 1863:93 [ref. 401]. Osteogeniosus Günther 1864:181 [ref. 1974] apparently is an unjustified emendation; spelled Ostogeneiosus by Jordan 1919:278 [ref. 2410]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:104 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Osteogeneiosus Bleeker 1846 -- (Jayaram & Dhanze 1979:48 [ref. 6800], Jayaram 1981:278 [ref. 6497] and Burgess 1989:167 [ref. 12860] as Ostogeniosus and type as macrocephalus Bleeker, Ataur Rahman 1989:229 [ref. 24860] as Osteogeniosus, Kottelat 1985:271 [ref. 11441], Kottelat 1989:15 [ref. 13605], Kailola 1999:1834 [ref. 24732], Ataur Rahman 2003:252 [ref. 31338], Kailola 2004:140 [ref. 28108], Jayaram 2006:327 [ref. 28762], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:85 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:51 [ref. 29155], Marceniuk & Birindelli 2010:61 [ref. 30960], Marceniuk et al. 2012:639 [ref. 32225], Kottelat 2013:250 [ref. 32989], Marceniuk et al. 2023:36 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Osteogeneiosus Bleeker 1846. Ariidae: Ariinae.