Cephalocassis Bleeker [P.] 1857:473 Fem. Arius melanochir Bleeker 1852. Type by subsequent designation. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858:22, 26, 62, 98, 246 [ref. 365]. Type designated by Bleeker 1862:7 [ref. 393]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:83, 216 [ref. 30423]. •Synonym of Arius Valenciennes 1840 -- (Roberts 1989:110 [ref. 6439]). •Valid as Cephalocassis Bleeker 1857 -- (Kailola 1999:1828 [ref. 24732], Kailola 2004:132 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:46 [ref. 29031] dated 1858, Ferraris 2007:41 [ref. 29155], Marceniuk & Birindelli 2010:61 [ref. 30960], Marceniuk et al. 2012:641 [ref. 32225], Kottelat 2013:247 [ref. 32989], Marceniuk et al. 2023:30 [ref. 40422] dated 1852). Current status: Valid as Cephalocassis Bleeker 1857. Ariidae: Ariinae.