Netuma Bleeker [P.] 1858:62, 67, 93 Fem. Bagrus netuma Valenciennes 1840. Type by absolute tautonymy. Also appeared on p. 23 et seq. Type apparently by tautonymy in ref. 365, not N. thalassina = Netuma nasuta as designated by Bleeker 1862:7 [ref. 393]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:80 [ref. 30423]. Kottelat dates to 1858g:415 to July, which would change the type to nasutus. •Synonym of Arius Valenciennes 1840 based on current placement of type species. •Valid as Netuma Bleeker 1858 -- (Higuchi et al. 1982:3 [ref. 11467], Inada in Nakamura et al. 1986:85 [ref. 14235], Taylor 1986:158 [ref. 6195], Kailola 2004:140 [ref. 28108], Hoese & Gates 2006:354 [ref. 28997], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:78 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:48 [ref. 29155], Kimura 2009:35 [ref. 30426], Marceniuk & Birindelli 2010:61 [ref. 30960], Marceniuk et al. 2012:643 [ref. 32225], Kottelat 2013:249 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:36 [ref. 36273], Takahashi et al. 2019:1 [ref. 37057], Marceniuk et al. 2023:25 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Netuma Bleeker 1858. Ariidae: Ariinae.